---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-STU ACHIEV IMPROV GRANT"
description: "Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to implement and administer a student achievement improvement grant program to provide 2-year grants to school districts on the academic watch list and other school districts that have the lowest achieving students. Requires a school district to establish an accountability program in order to receive a grant. Requires a grant to be automatically renewed when achievement goals are met. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2360"
citation: "Illinois SB 2360 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-01-28"
last_action: "2004-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da211424-4808-4012-a881-02d2ea166e65"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2360&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8451&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "342d2fe6c417828cd5540af0a27aa781f8be9365e8e99aaca2f61b5fddbbf94e"
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 2360 (93rd) — SCH CD-STU ACHIEV IMPROV GRANT

Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to implement and administer a student achievement improvement grant program to provide 2-year grants to school districts on the academic watch list and other school districts that have the lowest achieving students. Requires a school district to establish an accountability program in order to receive a grant. Requires a grant to be automatically renewed when achievement goals are met. 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=09300SB2360&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8451&DocNum=2360&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2360eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8451&DocNum=2360&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2360enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8451&DocNum=2360&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calvin L. Giles — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah L. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- Monique D. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-01-28** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `filing`
- **2004-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-01-28** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-04** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-10** Held in Education
- **2004-02-19** Postponed - Education
- **2004-02-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-02-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
- **2004-02-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled in Education `amendment-failure`
- **2004-02-24** Do Pass Education; 007-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2004
- **2004-02-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 26, 2004
- **2004-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2004-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2004-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 033-020-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2004-03-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2004-03-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2004-03-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2004-03-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2004-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-30** Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2004-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2004-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2004-05-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-006 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2004
- **2004-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0890 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da211424-4808-4012-a881-02d2ea166e65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).