---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-CHICAGO-LSC-STUDENT MEM"
description: "Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. With respect to the student member of a local school council for a secondary attendance center, provides for his or her election by 10th and 11th grade students (instead of being appointed by the Chicago Board of Education after a non-binding, advisory poll of student preferences); makes related changes. Requires a person to be in the 12th grade at the beginning of the school year coinciding with his or her term in order to be eligible to be a student member. Allows 10th and 11th grade students to vote for parent and community resident members of a high school council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 3239"
citation: "Illinois HB 3239 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc0f95d5-8159-458e-9c11-27e7c71d685f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3239&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=89396&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "e9f0d634df4d7b7f0818ec1bc2c58fcfc2d6f6130ab8ec6d380c45790e62b259"
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 3239 (99th) — SCH CD-CHICAGO-LSC-STUDENT MEM

Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. With respect to the student member of a local school council for a secondary attendance center, provides for his or her election by 10th and 11th grade students (instead of being appointed by the Chicago Board of Education after a non-binding, advisory poll of student preferences); makes related changes. Requires a person to be in the 12th grade at the beginning of the school year coinciding with his or her term in order to be eligible to be a student member. Allows 10th and 11th grade students to vote for parent and community resident members of a high school council.

## 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=09900HB3239&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89396&DocNum=3239&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3239eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89396&DocNum=3239&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3239enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89396&DocNum=3239&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. `filing`
- **2015-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2015-03-27** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-23** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 019-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
- **2016-04-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-15** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 021-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
- **2016-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
- **2016-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2016-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2016-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2016-04-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2016-04-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
- **2016-04-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
- **2016-04-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
- **2016-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2016-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2016 `reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2016-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-11** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2016
- **2016-05-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
- **2016-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-22** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0597 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc0f95d5-8159-458e-9c11-27e7c71d685f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).