Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB0016

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the School Code. Allows children who have attended preschool and will attain the age of 5 years on or before December 1 of the year of the 2009-2010 school term and each school term thereafter to attend school upon commencement of such term (now, a child must attain age 5 on or before September 1). Makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2009.

House Committee Amendment No. 1

	Deletes reference to:
	105 ILCS 5/10-20.12

	Adds reference to:
	105 ILCS 5/34-19	from Ch. 122, par. 34-19

30 ILCS 805/8.33 new

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that the school age for kindergarten pupils may not be fixed at under 5 (rather than 4) years. Allows children who, for a full year, have attended a pre-kindergarten program through a State Board of Education early childhood education block grant or other federal funds distributed by the State Board for pre-kindergarten purposes or a pre-kindergarten program accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and who will attain the age of 5 years on or before December 31 of the year of the 2009-2010 school term and each school term thereafter to attend school upon commencement of such term. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
12/9/2008	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
1/14/2009	House	First Reading
1/14/2009	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/4/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
2/4/2009	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
3/11/2009	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
3/11/2009	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote
3/11/2009	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 012-004-000
3/12/2009	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/17/2009	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/17/2009	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/25/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
3/25/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
3/25/2009	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 094-022-000
3/26/2009	Senate	Arrive in Senate
3/26/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2009
3/27/2009	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
3/27/2009	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
3/30/2009	Senate	First Reading
3/30/2009	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/22/2009	Senate	Assigned to Education
4/29/2009	Senate	Held in Education
5/6/2009	Senate	Held in Education
5/8/2009	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments