---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHIEF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIAL"
description: "Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that the holder of a master's degree in public administration who completes an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school business management from a regionally accredited institution of higher education and passes applicable State tests is eligible for a chief school business official endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt any rules necessary to implement the amendatory Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 106"
citation: "Illinois HB 106 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36fe6414-5ec1-49fa-b045-bc8891679da1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=106&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=99056&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "9e33a73260ffd155d9a724ba9ee4944208f4bfd9e94c20c1786dfbacbba7b1df"
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 HB 106 (100th) — CHIEF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIAL

Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that the holder of a master's degree in public administration who completes an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school business management from a regionally accredited institution of higher education and passes applicable State tests is eligible for a chief school business official endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt any rules necessary to implement the amendatory Act. 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=10000HB0106&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=99056&DocNum=106&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0106eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=99056&DocNum=106&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0106enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=99056&DocNum=106&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Batinick — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-05** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mark Batinick `filing`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2017-02-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mark Batinick `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight
- **2017-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2017-02-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Do Pass as Amended / Standard Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 005-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2017-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2017-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2017-03-07** Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2017-03-09** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 106-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nick Sauer
- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
- **2017-03-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
- **2017-03-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2017
- **2017-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
- **2017-05-26** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-24** Effective Date August 24, 2017
- **2017-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0288 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36fe6414-5ec1-49fa-b045-bc8891679da1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).