---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-WAIVERS-ELIGIBILITY"
description: "Amends the School Code. Allows a joint agreement made up of school districts or a regional superintendent of schools on behalf of schools and programs operated by the regional office of education to apply for a waiver or modification of mandates within the School Code and State Board of Education rules. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 3091"
citation: "Illinois SB 3091 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-06"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58760dff-5e92-44a5-8974-e199056c81f8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3091&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=10276&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "3140c8d82493954eb82bdda2b93fc1ddc1e8853f3220993c33a751a49d8eca3e"
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 3091 (93rd) — SCH CD-WAIVERS-ELIGIBILITY

Amends the School Code. Allows a joint agreement made up of school districts or a regional superintendent of schools on behalf of schools and programs operated by the regional office of education to apply for a waiver or modification of mandates within the School Code and State Board of Education rules. 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=09300SB3091&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=10276&DocNum=3091&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB3091eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=10276&DocNum=3091&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB3091enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=10276&DocNum=3091&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calvin L. Giles — cosponsor (person)
- Frank C. Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Frank C. Watson `filing`
- **2004-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-24** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2004
- **2004-02-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2004
- **2004-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- **2004-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-20** Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2004-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2004-05-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-09** Effective Date July 9, 2004
- **2004-07-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0707 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58760dff-5e92-44a5-8974-e199056c81f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).