---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-PROVIDR-RATE"
description: "Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Requires the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board to approve the usual and customary rate or rates of a special education program that (i) is offered by an out-of-state, non-public provider of integrated autism specific educational and autism specific residential services, (ii) offers 2 or more levels of residential care, including at least one locked facility, and (iii) serves 12 or fewer Illinois students. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2945"
citation: "Illinois SB 2945 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9683ce9-ce89-4635-ae39-a72bc0c99b48"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2945&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79103&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "6e8a0d5742c644b3f483110e738d6d4153eb8f75fc4f671424032d93f0fd6057"
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 2945 (98th) — SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-PROVIDR-RATE

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Requires the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board to approve the usual and customary rate or rates of a special education program that (i) is offered by an out-of-state, non-public provider of integrated autism specific educational and autism specific residential services, (ii) offers 2 or more levels of residential care, including at least one locked facility, and (iii) serves 12 or fewer Illinois students. 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=09800SB2945&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79103&DocNum=2945&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2945eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79103&DocNum=2945&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2945enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79103&DocNum=2945&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **97–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Don Harmon — primary (person)
- JoAnn D. Osmond — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2014-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
- **2014-02-19** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2014-02-26** Postponed - Education
- **2014-03-05** Postponed - Education
- **2014-03-06** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2014-03-20** Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2014
- **2014-03-26** Sponsor Removed Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2014-03-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2014
- **2014-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2014-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2014-04-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
- **2014-04-30** Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2014-04-30** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2014-04-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
- **2014-05-05** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2014-05-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 008-001-004 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2014-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-019-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2014-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2014-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-06-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-06** Effective Date June 6, 2014
- **2014-06-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0636 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9683ce9-ce89-4635-ae39-a72bc0c99b48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).