---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-TEACH EXCEL PROG-APPROP"
description: "Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education's annual budget to set out by separate line item the appropriation for the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 4308"
citation: "Illinois HB 4308 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-12-22"
last_action: "2006-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2783371b-79ac-49f0-a3de-b1b3357b1c1b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4308&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=22445&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "36cd99581ea092e07b30886e74916faa26ea177994f462aea25ffe077325101c"
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 4308 (94th) — SCH CD-TEACH EXCEL PROG-APPROP

Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education's annual budget to set out by separate line item the appropriation for the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. 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=09400HB4308&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=22445&DocNum=4308&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4308eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=22445&DocNum=4308&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4308enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=22445&DocNum=4308&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerry L. Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-12-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell `filing`
- **2006-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-05** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-01-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-01-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2006-01-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2006-01-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-01-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-01-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones
- **2006-01-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2006-01-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2006-01-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2006-01-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
- **2006-01-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-01-31** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2006-01-31** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 1, 2006 `reading-1`
- **2006-01-31** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
- **2006-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-01** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-24** Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 27, 2006
- **2006-03-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2006
- **2006-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-22** Effective Date June 22, 2006
- **2006-06-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0901 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2783371b-79ac-49f0-a3de-b1b3357b1c1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).