---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-TEACHER-ALTERNATIV CERT"
description: "Amends the School Code. With respect to the Alternative Teacher Certification program, provides that a provisional alternative teaching certificate may be issued to an applicant who has attained at least a cumulative grade average of a \"B\" if the individual is assigned either to a school district that has not met the annual measurable objective for highly qualified teachers required by the Illinois Revised Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT) Plan or to a school district whose data filed with the State Board of Education indicates that the district's poor and minority students are taught by teachers who are not highly qualified at a higher rate than other students (instead of just if the applicant has been employed for a period of at least 5 years in an area requiring application of the individual's education). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 306"
citation: "Illinois SB 306 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-07"
last_action: "2007-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e755d7a8-1f43-44b2-a33b-82ceff5b8f57"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=306&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27906&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "e74a999de565f2a034714174c0e1bdb93ad07a3c2d7efed0598da58cf6e41fb2"
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 306 (95th) — SCH CD-TEACHER-ALTERNATIV CERT

Amends the School Code. With respect to the Alternative Teacher Certification program, provides that a provisional alternative teaching certificate may be issued to an applicant who has attained at least a cumulative grade average of a "B" if the individual is assigned either to a school district that has not met the annual measurable objective for highly qualified teachers required by the Illinois Revised Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT) Plan or to a school district whose data filed with the State Board of Education indicates that the district's poor and minority students are taught by teachers who are not highly qualified at a higher rate than other students (instead of just if the applicant has been employed for a period of at least 5 years in an area requiring application of the individual's education). 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=09500SB0306&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27906&DocNum=306&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0306eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27906&DocNum=306&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0306enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27906&DocNum=306&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry Link — primary (person)
- William B. Black — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `filing`
- **2007-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Do Pass Education; 006-000-004 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
- **2007-03-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2007-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
- **2007-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Held in Education
- **2007-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- **2007-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Education
- **2007-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 008-000-000
- **2007-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 008-000-000
- **2007-03-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2007-03-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2007-03-29** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Link `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Link `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2007-03-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2007-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 021-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-17** Effective Date August 17, 2007
- **2007-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0270 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e755d7a8-1f43-44b2-a33b-82ceff5b8f57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).