---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-SCH IMPROVE PLAN-READNG"
description: "Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning State interventions, provides that the support provided by a vendor or learning partner approved to support a school's continuous improvement plan related to English language arts must be based on the comprehensive literacy plan for the State developed by the State Board of Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 4902"
citation: "Illinois HB 4902 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly A. Lightford", "Laura Faver Dias"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a96134e-c553-417f-af84-57a4be167b43"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4902&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=152773&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "bbb5c415de218266e77e4cce524c67641106a4619f569fe6919b49b6a51daf59"
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 4902 (103rd) — SCH CD-SCH IMPROVE PLAN-READNG

Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning State interventions, provides that the support provided by a vendor or learning partner approved to support a school's continuous improvement plan related to English language arts must be based on the comprehensive literacy plan for the State developed by the State Board of Education.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4902.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4902eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4902enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Education — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **91–19** (pass) · lower
- Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies — **11–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- Laura Faver Dias — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias `filing`
- **2024-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-02-28** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 011-002-000
- **2024-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2024-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2024-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2024-04-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-019-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
- **2024-04-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2024-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-17** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Postponed - Education
- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-07** Do Pass Education; 013-000-000
- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2024-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-02** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0735 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a96134e-c553-417f-af84-57a4be167b43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).