---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-ENDORSEMENT CERT"
description: "Amends the School Code with respect to administrative certificates. Allows for a general administrative endorsement if, among other conditions, the certificate holder has 2 years of chief school business official experience (as an alternative to requiring 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school service personnel experience). Provides that an endorsement for a chief school business official endorsement must include the requirement that the certificate holder has 6 semester hours of internship in school business management. Allows for a superintendent endorsement if, among other conditions, the certificate holder has 2 years of chief school business official experience (as an alternative to requiring 2 years as an administrator or supervisor in the public schools)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2537"
citation: "Illinois SB 2537 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-12"
last_action: "2010-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1781777d-ba0c-4195-a457-75a678bf661a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2537&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49232&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "7e84ab98b454791fc06fa4b01ba876dc68f8b822dc11f3c7888917afb3740639"
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 2537 (96th) — SCH CD-ENDORSEMENT CERT

Amends the School Code with respect to administrative certificates. Allows for a general administrative endorsement if, among other conditions, the certificate holder has 2 years of chief school business official experience (as an alternative to requiring 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school service personnel experience). Provides that an endorsement for a chief school business official endorsement must include the requirement that the certificate holder has 6 semester hours of internship in school business management. Allows for a superintendent endorsement if, among other conditions, the certificate holder has 2 years of chief school business official experience (as an alternative to requiring 2 years as an administrator or supervisor in the public schools).

## 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=09600SB2537&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49232&DocNum=2537&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2537eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49232&DocNum=2537&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2537enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49232&DocNum=2537&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Edward D. Maloney — primary (person)
- Monique D. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-12** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `filing`
- **2010-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-04** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-02-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-17** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2010
- **2010-02-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-02-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2010-02-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-02-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Maloney `amendment-passage`
- **2010-02-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2010
- **2010-03-09** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2010-03-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-22** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2010-04-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2010-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-02** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0982 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1781777d-ba0c-4195-a457-75a678bf661a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).