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Bill	VOCATIONAL ACADEMY-CHARTER SCH	Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall require the school district's high schools, if any, to inform all 11th and 12th grade students of dual enrollment and dual credit opportunities at public community colleges for qualified students.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 2794	Illinois HB 2794 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2017-02-08	2017-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/bce8e4e9-1d14-4773-b36c-4e185df36915	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2794&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104136&SessionID=91&GA=100	15317856c6a34463aec443ad3dd40cebe9d7311eb1a28394744502e831810432	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2794 (100th) — VOCATIONAL ACADEMY-CHARTER SCH

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall require the school district's high schools, if any, to inform all 11th and 12th grade students of dual enrollment and dual credit opportunities at public community colleges for qualified students.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 85–23 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• La Shawn K. Ford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford filing
• 2017-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Community College Access & Affordability Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Community College Access & Affordability Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 085-023-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2017-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin
• 2017-03-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2017-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2017 reading-1
• 2017-04-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2017-04-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-27 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-02 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2017-05-09 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2017
• 2017-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
• 2017-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-18 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0133 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bce8e4e9-1d14-4773-b36c-4e185df36915. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).