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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 1615</title>
<shortdesc>SCH CD-FOREIGN LANG CURRICULA</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Sen. Ram Villivalam</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/27/2026</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Re-assigned to Appropriations- Education</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>105 ILCS 5/27-23.19 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Requires a school board to offer courses in Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Telugu, and Malayalam as a part of its school foreign language curricula.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/4/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam</action>
<statusdate>2/4/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/4/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>2/11/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Assigned to Appropriations- Education</action>
<statusdate>3/21/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025</action>
<statusdate>4/11/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 9, 2025</action>
<statusdate>5/9/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 23, 2025</action>
<statusdate>5/23/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As June 1, 2025</action>
<statusdate>6/2/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>1/27/2026</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Re-assigned to Appropriations- Education</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2026</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026</action>
</actions>
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