---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMUNITY EDUCATION ACT"
description: "Creates the Community Education Act to support community service education programs, which educate students about the value of civic involvement through actual school-sponsored involvement in their communities. Creates the Community Education Program, administered by the State Board of Education. Allows a school district to establish a community education program. With respect to a school district community education program, contains provisions concerning local input, a Director of Community Education, the non-duplication of programs, community education consortiums, partnership agreements, funding, and grants. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 4832"
citation: "Illinois HB 4832 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-19"
last_action: "2006-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4b2ba83-ba4e-464a-b8f7-2c2f366798d5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4832&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=23576&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "c2b6618ee864fbeae557a73385cbac18a11b53764aaa9d248662ca6af1964fda"
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 4832 (94th) — COMMUNITY EDUCATION ACT

Creates the Community Education Act to support community service education programs, which educate students about the value of civic involvement through actual school-sponsored involvement in their communities. Creates the Community Education Program, administered by the State Board of Education. Allows a school district to establish a community education program. With respect to a school district community education program, contains provisions concerning local input, a Director of Community Education, the non-duplication of programs, community education consortiums, partnership agreements, funding, and grants. 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=09400HB4832&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=23576&DocNum=4832&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4832eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=23576&DocNum=4832&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4832enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=23576&DocNum=4832&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **107–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Flider — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Flider `filing`
- **2006-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
- **2006-01-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2006-02-07** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2006-02-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 021-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
- **2006-02-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Flider `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
- **2006-02-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-02-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-02-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2006-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2006-02-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-004-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2006-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 27, 2006 `reading-1`
- **2006-02-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson
- **2006-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-01** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Wendell E. Jones
- **2006-03-14** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cheryl Axley
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2006
- **2006-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2006
- **2006-03-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2006-03-27** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-22** Effective Date June 22, 2006
- **2006-06-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0904 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4b2ba83-ba4e-464a-b8f7-2c2f366798d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).