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Bill	SCH CD-ACCELERATED PLACEMENT	Amends the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy may allow for the waiver of a course or unit of instruction completion requirement if (i) completion of the course or unit of instruction is required by the Code or rules adopted by the State Board of Education as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma and (ii) the school district has determined that the student has demonstrated mastery of or competency in the content of the course or unit of instruction. Provides that the school district shall maintain documentation of this determination of mastery or competency for each student, which must include identification of the learning standards or competencies reviewed, the methods of measurement used, student performance, the date of the determination, and identification of the district personnel involved in the determination process. Provides that a school district must provide notification to a student's parent or guardian that the student will receive a waiver. Makes a corresponding change in the Courses of Study Article of the Code. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	HB 5250	Illinois HB 5250 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Carol Ammons Kimberly A. Lightford	5	41	5	2024-02-08	2024-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/e4aa456f-7cc6-460d-86e2-59836fe86fcd	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5250&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153461&SessionID=112	f4ab3c8cea763521d90e517ceba7a19a6a0681d74ee956c49b2443a91bbb9584	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5250 (103rd) — SCH CD-ACCELERATED PLACEMENT

Amends the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy may allow for the waiver of a course or unit of instruction completion requirement if (i) completion of the course or unit of instruction is required by the Code or rules adopted by the State Board of Education as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma and (ii) the school district has determined that the student has demonstrated mastery of or competency in the content of the course or unit of instruction. Provides that the school district shall maintain documentation of this determination of mastery or competency for each student, which must include identification of the learning standards or competencies reviewed, the methods of measurement used, student performance, the date of the determination, and identification of the district personnel involved in the determination process. Provides that a school district must provide notification to a student's parent or guardian that the student will receive a waiver. Makes a corresponding change in the Courses of Study Article of the Code. 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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies, Amendment 2 — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Education — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carol Ammons — primary (person)
• Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
• Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Rezin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carol Ammons filing
• 2024-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-03-12 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Carol Ammons amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-03-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
• 2024-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-03-21 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 013-000-000
• 2024-03-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Carol Ammons amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-04-16 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
• 2024-04-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2024-04-17 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-17 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-18 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-04-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2024-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2024-04-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-19 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-04-30 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2024-04-30 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
• 2024-05-07 Do Pass Education; 012-000-000
• 2024-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2024-05-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
• 2024-05-17 Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
• 2024-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-05-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
• 2024-05-24 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
• 2024-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-08-02 Effective Date August 2, 2024
• 2024-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0743 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4aa456f-7cc6-460d-86e2-59836fe86fcd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).