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Bill	SCH CD-EDUCATOR EVALUATIONS	Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. In provisions related to the content of evaluation plans, allows a school district to waive, for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any teacher in contractual continued service whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". In regard to rules adopted by the State Board of Education concerning educator evaluations, for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years only, provides that factors related to methods of measuring student growth may not be used in any educator evaluation. In regard to the development of an evaluation plan for principals and assistant principals, allows a school district to waive, for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any principal or assistant principal whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 4256	Illinois HB 4256 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Julie A. Morrison Tony McCombie	7	69	5	2021-12-03	2022-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/c277e24a-b2ff-4884-812c-171fd285db39	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4256&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=137283&SessionID=110&GA=102	e9c803f5e12e03d69d34ab995f4ff7a7186fcf56aa7d1ba05e2f7407cf5d719b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4256 (102nd) — SCH CD-EDUCATOR EVALUATIONS

Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. In provisions related to the content of evaluation plans, allows a school district to waive, for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any teacher in contractual continued service whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". In regard to rules adopted by the State Board of Education concerning educator evaluations, for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years only, provides that factors related to methods of measuring student growth may not be used in any educator evaluation. In regard to the development of an evaluation plan for principals and assistant principals, allows a school district to waive, for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any principal or assistant principal whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". Effective immediately.

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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment 003 (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Amendment 004 (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concurrence, Amendment 3 — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 4 — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 85–7 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 50–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
• Tony McCombie — primary (person)
• Brian W. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
• Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-12-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tony McCombie filing
• 2021-12-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
• 2022-01-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-01-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-01-19 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 Do Pass / Consent Calendar Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-02-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2022-02-17 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2022-02-17 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2022-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2022-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2022-03-02 Removed from Consent Calendar Status Rep. Greg Harris
• 2022-03-02 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2022-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-03-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 085-007-001 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2022-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2022-03-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-16 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2022-03-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2022-03-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-03-23 Do Pass as Amended Education; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2022-03-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2022
• 2022-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2022-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2022-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 013-000-000
• 2022-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 013-000-000
• 2022-03-31 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
• 2022-03-31 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Morrison amendment-passage
• 2022-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted; Morrison amendment-passage
• 2022-03-31 Third Reading - Passed; 050-004-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2022-03-31 Arrived in House introduction
• 2022-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1, 3, 4
• 2022-03-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Tony McCombie
• 2022-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Tony McCombie
• 2022-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Tony McCombie
• 2022-03-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools referral-committee
• 2022-04-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000
• 2022-04-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000
• 2022-04-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000
• 2022-04-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 109-000-000
• 2022-04-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 House Concurs 109-000-000
• 2022-04-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 House Concurs 109-000-000
• 2022-04-07 House Concurs
• 2022-04-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2022-04-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2022-05-06 Effective Date May 6, 2022
• 2022-05-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0729 became-law
• 2022-07-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c277e24a-b2ff-4884-812c-171fd285db39. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).