---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-MILITARY DEPENDENTS"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that if, at the time of enrollment, dependents of United States military personnel are housed in temporary housing located outside of a school district, but will be living within that school district within 60 days after the time of initial enrollment, the dependents shall be enrolled, upon a sufficient showing of proof, and shall not be charged non-resident tuition. Provides that non-resident dependents of United States military personnel attending school on a tuition-free basis may be counted for the purposes of determining the apportionment of State aid. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2444"
citation: "Illinois SB 2444 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-03"
last_action: "2004-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4eebeb0-f0f9-4b18-9d6d-8fe8a2bf1757"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2444&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8689&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "7e00626a482c4bceef65fc453088cc3dbb807762f1dd4b6f938bc8560fbc3157"
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 2444 (93rd) — SCH CD-MILITARY DEPENDENTS

Amends the School Code. Provides that if, at the time of enrollment, dependents of United States military personnel are housed in temporary housing located outside of a school district, but will be living within that school district within 60 days after the time of initial enrollment, the dependents shall be enrolled, upon a sufficient showing of proof, and shall not be charged non-resident tuition. Provides that non-resident dependents of United States military personnel attending school on a tuition-free basis may be counted for the purposes of determining the apportionment of State aid. 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=09300SB2444&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8689&DocNum=2444&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2444eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8689&DocNum=2444&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2444enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8689&DocNum=2444&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
- James F. Clayborne, Jr. — primary (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
- Wyvetter H. Younge — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. `filing`
- **2004-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-04** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-10** Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2004
- **2004-02-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
- **2004-02-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-02-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 24, 2004
- **2004-03-02** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2004-03-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-02** Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
- **2004-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
- **2004-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-15** Effective Date July 15, 2004
- **2004-07-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0740 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4eebeb0-f0f9-4b18-9d6d-8fe8a2bf1757`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).