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| Bill | SCH CD-SPECIAL ED JT AGREEMENT | Amends the School Code. With respect to a school district petitioning to withdraw from its special education joint agreement program, provides that if the petition for withdrawal is not approved by all of the remaining member districts and the petitioning member district is a part of a Class II county school unit outside of a city of 500,000 or more inhabitants (suburban Cook County), the petitioning member district may appeal the disapproval decision to its respective intermediate service center. Provides that if the chief administrative officer of the intermediate service center approves the petition for withdrawal, then the petitioning member district shall be withdrawn from the joint agreement effective the following July 1 and shall notify the State Board of Education of the approved withdrawal in writing. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 100th | HB 2540 | Illinois HB 2540 (100th) |
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enacted | 3 | 39 | 2 | 2017-02-08 | 2017-08-11 | openstates | ocd-bill/d135a5d7-0c64-4b8b-b914-5c5a0591c66f | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2540&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=103734&SessionID=91&GA=100 | e791891dce5486bc413cbb15eae7611c0072e975ba0f41aa47892f091b25956d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 2540 (100th) — SCH CD-SPECIAL ED JT AGREEMENT
Amends the School Code. With respect to a school district petitioning to withdraw from its special education joint agreement program, provides that if the petition for withdrawal is not approved by all of the remaining member districts and the petitioning member district is a part of a Class II county school unit outside of a city of 500,000 or more inhabitants (suburban Cook County), the petitioning member district may appeal the disapproval decision to its respective intermediate service center. Provides that if the chief administrative officer of the intermediate service center approves the petition for withdrawal, then the petitioning member district shall be withdrawn from the joint agreement effective the following July 1 and shall notify the State Board of Education of the approved withdrawal in writing. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Kathleen Willis — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis
filing - 2017-02-08 First Reading
reading-1 - 2017-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2017-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- 2017-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- 2017-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2017-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
- 2017-02-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- 2017-02-22 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight
referral-committee - 2017-03-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2017-03-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2017-03-09 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2017-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2017-03-15 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2017-03-15 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2017-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis
amendment-introduction - 2017-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2017-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight
- 2017-03-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 008-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2017-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2017-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2017-03-29 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2017-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2017
reading-1 - 2017-03-30 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- 2017-04-04 First Reading
reading-1 - 2017-04-04 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2017-04-25 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
- 2017-05-02 Assigned to Education
referral-committee - 2017-05-09 Do Pass Education; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2017-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2017
- 2017-05-15 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2017-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2017
- 2017-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2017-05-19 Passed Both Houses
- 2017-06-16 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-08-11 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2017-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2017
- 2017-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0066
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d135a5d7-0c64-4b8b-b914-5c5a0591c66f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).