---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-ACAD WATCH-YR ROUND SCH"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that if, after 2 years following its placement on academic watch status, a school district or school remains on academic watch status, then the State Board of Education shall direct the school board to operate its schools or the school on a full-year school plan approved by the State Board of Education upon expiration of its teachers' current collective bargaining agreement. Requires the school board, in such a case, to devise a plan so that a student's required attendance in school shall be for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance, including not more than 4 institute days, during a 12-month period (now, the minimum term under a full-year school plan must also not exceed 185 days)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1415"
citation: "Illinois HB 1415 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd57f8de-69d2-4f5a-9c3b-58ea2ae0b281"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1415&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57969&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "925d5c11f46b0e4cd2b15c9b46f180bb6b10a1784e645ce83dba57780ae7e96e"
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 1415 (97th) — SCH CD-ACAD WATCH-YR ROUND SCH

Amends the School Code. Provides that if, after 2 years following its placement on academic watch status, a school district or school remains on academic watch status, then the State Board of Education shall direct the school board to operate its schools or the school on a full-year school plan approved by the State Board of Education upon expiration of its teachers' current collective bargaining agreement. Requires the school board, in such a case, to devise a plan so that a student's required attendance in school shall be for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance, including not more than 4 institute days, during a 12-month period (now, the minimum term under a full-year school plan must also not exceed 185 days).

## 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=09700HB1415&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57969&DocNum=1415&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1415eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57969&DocNum=1415&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1415enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57969&DocNum=1415&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thaddeus Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones `filing`
- **2011-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-15** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
- **2011-03-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-16** Do Pass as Amended / Standard Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 013-011-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2011-03-17** Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2011-03-29** Recalled to Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-29** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2011-04-12** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2011-04-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2011-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2011
- **2011-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0370 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd57f8de-69d2-4f5a-9c3b-58ea2ae0b281`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).