---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHL CD-PRINCIPALS-RECLASSIFY"
description: "Amends the School Code. In a Section regarding reclassification of principals in school districts other than the Chicago school district, provides that upon non-renewal of a principal's administrative contract, the principal shall be reclassified pursuant to the Section."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 427"
citation: "Illinois SB 427 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-16"
last_action: "2005-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1623497c-4017-4d01-bc31-016ab49d862e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=427&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17206&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "1cf5325e22208c64b16ad13d8092d9075e21f5cc15737cea279e5e6256bde5e9"
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 427 (94th) — SCHL CD-PRINCIPALS-RECLASSIFY

Amends the School Code. In a Section regarding reclassification of principals in school districts other than the Chicago school district, provides that upon non-renewal of a principal's administrative contract, the principal shall be reclassified pursuant to the Section.

## 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=09400SB0427&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17206&DocNum=427&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0427eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17206&DocNum=427&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0427enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17206&DocNum=427&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward D. Maloney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `filing`
- **2005-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2005
- **2005-03-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2005
- **2005-03-10** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-14** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2005-03-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-05** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-12** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0201 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1623497c-4017-4d01-bc31-016ab49d862e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).