---
type: "Bill"
title: "IL TEACHING EXCELLENCE PROGRAM"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that priority in the distribution of funds appropriated for the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program must be given to a qualified educator employed by an Organizational Unit assigned to Tier 1 under the evidence-based funding formula of the Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 1460"
citation: "Illinois SB 1460 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21f5c8b0-5521-4d49-8a11-87e2baba1b73"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1460&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118273&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "d7a4eb3cf0d6f973e4636a1d11507b211f9a17681f5a85c73e0913d42ff78c94"
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 1460 (101st) — IL TEACHING EXCELLENCE PROGRAM

Amends the School Code. Provides that priority in the distribution of funds appropriated for the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program must be given to a qualified educator employed by an Organizational Unit assigned to Tier 1 under the evidence-based funding formula of the Code.

## 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=10100SB1460&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118273&DocNum=1460&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1460eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118273&DocNum=1460&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1460enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118273&DocNum=1460&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andy Manar — primary (person)
- Avery Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Weaver — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Dale A. Righter — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
- Donald P. DeWitte — cosponsor (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Heather A. Steans — cosponsor (person)
- Iris Y. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Jason A. Barickman — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — primary (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Schimpf — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Rezin — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)
- William Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Andy Manar `filing`
- **2019-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Postponed - Education
- **2019-03-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
- **2019-03-07** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason A. Barickman
- **2019-03-07** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver
- **2019-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Andy Manar `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2019-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-12** Do Pass as Amended Education; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2019
- **2019-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-13** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2019-03-14** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2019-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2019-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2019-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2019-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2019-03-14** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2019-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Schimpf
- **2019-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2019-03-15** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2019-03-18** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2019-03-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2019-03-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2019-03-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
- **2019-03-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2019-03-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
- **2019-03-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading - Passed; 048-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2019-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2019-04-09** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
- **2019-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2019-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
- **2019-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Murphy
- **2019-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-001-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2019-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
- **2019-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0333 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21f5c8b0-5521-4d49-8a11-87e2baba1b73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).