---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-SCIENCE/MATH PARTNERSHP"
description: "Amends the School Code. Allows 2 or more (instead of 4 or more) contiguous school districts with all or a portion of their territory located within the geographic boundaries of the same municipality to jointly operate, through an institution of higher education located in the municipality, a science and mathematics partnership school for serving some or all of grades kindergarten through 8. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4522"
citation: "Illinois HB 4522 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-03"
last_action: "2014-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4a677cb-199e-44ce-9e39-ef9978be9be9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4522&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78956&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "38763f0e50f194919f5bc15a60d3a63ef297ab6c4a673a33fd4fd07fe4f372c4"
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 4522 (98th) — SCH CD-SCIENCE/MATH PARTNERSHP

Amends the School Code. Allows 2 or more (instead of 4 or more) contiguous school districts with all or a portion of their territory located within the geographic boundaries of the same municipality to jointly operate, through an institution of higher education located in the municipality, a science and mathematics partnership school for serving some or all of grades kindergarten through 8. 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=09800HB4522&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78956&DocNum=4522&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4522eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78956&DocNum=4522&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4522enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78956&DocNum=4522&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Oberweis — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia `filing`
- **2014-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2014-02-18** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2014-02-18** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2014-02-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-03-05** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 6, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2014-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
- **2014-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jim Oberweis
- **2014-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2014
- **2014-05-01** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-07-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-25** Effective Date July 25, 2014
- **2014-07-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0786 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4a677cb-199e-44ce-9e39-ef9978be9be9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).