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Bill	SCH CD-DUAL CREDIT-ONLINE	Amends the School Code. Prohibits a school board from limiting the number of dual credit courses a student may enroll in or the number of credits a student may receive from dual credit courses. Provides that if a school district establishes an online learning program for students (with exceptions), the school board may not limit (i) which students may participate in the program, (ii) the number of online courses a student may enroll in, or (iii) the number of credits a student may receive from online courses.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 2527	Illinois SB 2527 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	45	2	2018-02-06	2018-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/d6658833-ad42-4e20-a2b9-117f66911e8c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2527&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=109343&SessionID=91&GA=100	7f5c876d0c2b161662ed733ed4c570406baf877c91950ff668c3c6704fd5e2a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2527 (100th) — SCH CD-DUAL CREDIT-ONLINE

Amends the School Code. Prohibits a school board from limiting the number of dual credit courses a student may enroll in or the number of credits a student may receive from dual credit courses. Provides that if a school district establishes an online learning program for students (with exceptions), the school board may not limit (i) which students may participate in the program, (ii) the number of online courses a student may enroll in, or (iii) the number of credits a student may receive from online courses.

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 — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Avery Bourne — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)
• Chuck Weaver — primary (person)
• Robert W. Pritchard — cosponsor (person)
• Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-06 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chuck Weaver filing
• 2018-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 Postponed - Education
• 2018-02-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2018-02-27 Postponed - Education
• 2018-03-14 Postponed - Education
• 2018-04-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chuck Weaver amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-04-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2018-04-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-04-11 Do Pass as Amended Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 12, 2018
• 2018-04-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 19, 2018
• 2018-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chuck Weaver amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-04-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2018-04-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 010-000-000
• 2018-04-27 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2018 reading-3
• 2018-05-01 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-05-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Weaver amendment-passage
• 2018-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2018-05-01 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-02 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-05-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
• 2018-05-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-05-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-08 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
• 2018-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2018-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
• 2018-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
• 2018-05-14 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2018-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-10 Effective Date January 1, 2019
• 2018-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0792 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6658833-ad42-4e20-a2b9-117f66911e8c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).