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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-EDUCATOR EVALUATIONS"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that, for one year beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, requirements related to completing professional development activities for the renewal of a Professional Educator License do not apply, except that the number of professional development hours required is reduced by 20% for any renewal cycle that includes the 2021-2022 school year. In provisions related to the content of evaluation plans, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 school year 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\". With respect to rules adopted by the State Board of Education concerning educator evaluations, for the 2022-2023 school year only, provides that factors related to methods of measuring student growth may not be used in any educator evaluation. With respect to the development of an evaluation plan for principals and assistant principals, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 school year only, the evaluation requirement of any principal or assistant principal whose performance during the last school year in which the principal or assistant principal was evaluated was rated as either \"excellent\" or \"proficient\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 4688"
citation: "Illinois HB 4688 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony DeLuca", "Chapin Rose"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5080535e-d64c-405d-bd19-662d41b49b57"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4688&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=138925&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "f16b862bb818e445d89f8dc283f974dce36c18fbe5de7ce21390c8f1c8f8f7f3"
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 HB 4688 (102nd) — SCH CD-EDUCATOR EVALUATIONS
Amends the School Code. Provides that, for one year beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, requirements related to completing professional development activities for the renewal of a Professional Educator License do not apply, except that the number of professional development hours required is reduced by 20% for any renewal cycle that includes the 2021-2022 school year. In provisions related to the content of evaluation plans, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 school year 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". With respect to rules adopted by the State Board of Education concerning educator evaluations, for the 2022-2023 school year only, provides that factors related to methods of measuring student growth may not be used in any educator evaluation. With respect to the development of an evaluation plan for principals and assistant principals, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 school year only, the evaluation requirement of any principal or assistant principal whose performance during the last school year in which the principal or assistant principal 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](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4688.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4688eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4688sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4688sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4688enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Concurrence — **9319** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **520** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1040** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Anthony DeLuca — primary (person)
- Chapin Rose — primary (person)
- Sandra Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lance Yednock `filing`
- **2022-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2022-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2022-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2022-02-24** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2022-02-24** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2022-02-24** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2022-03-01** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2022-03-03** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 104-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
- **2022-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Education
- **2022-03-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin `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
- **2022-03-24** Postponed - Education
- **2022-03-25** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Chapin Rose
- **2022-03-25** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2022
- **2022-03-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2022-04-01** Waive Posting Notice
- **2022-04-01** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As April 8, 2022 `reading-3`
- **2022-04-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Education
- **2022-04-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-04** Do Pass as Amended Education; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 5, 2022
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 6, 2022
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-06** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
- **2022-04-06** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2022-04-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2022-04-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 005-003-000
- **2022-04-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra Hamilton
- **2022-04-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 093-019-001
- **2022-04-08** House Concurs
- **2022-04-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-27** Effective Date May 27, 2022
- **2022-05-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0949 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5080535e-d64c-405d-bd19-662d41b49b57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).