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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SCH CD-LICENSE-SUPERINTENDENT"
+description: "Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Allows a superintendent endorsement to be affixed to the Professional Educator License of a holder who has had at least 2 years of experience employed full-time in a general administrative position, among other qualifications. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "98th"
+identifier: "SB 2972"
+citation: "Illinois SB 2972 (98th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2014-02-04"
+last_action: "2014-08-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca44742-32b2-48ed-b11e-6708ee5b4061"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2972&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79187&SessionID=85&GA=98"
+source_hash: "cb234c2da7e5d5b90eb64bd4cbf7f72dac690ad52945d7c78a340f7dcf1d3ead"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois SB 2972 (98th) — SCH CD-LICENSE-SUPERINTENDENT
+
+Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Allows a superintendent endorsement to be affixed to the Professional Educator License of a holder who has had at least 2 years of experience employed full-time in a general administrative position, among other qualifications. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2972&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79187&DocNum=2972&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2972eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79187&DocNum=2972&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2972enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79187&DocNum=2972&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **99–16** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant `filing`
+- **2014-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2014-02-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-13** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-20** Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2014-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2014
+- **2014-04-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2014-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2014
+- **2014-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2014-04-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2014-04-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
+- **2014-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2014-04-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2014-05-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 010-002-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2014-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2014-05-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2014-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2014-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 30, 2014
+- **2014-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-016-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2014-05-28** Passed Both Houses
+- **2014-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2014-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2014
+- **2014-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0872 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca44742-32b2-48ed-b11e-6708ee5b4061`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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