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Bill SCH CD-TEACHER EVAL-LAST YEAR Amends the Evaluation of Certified Employees Article of the School Code. Provides that in a teacher evaluation plan, teachers who are due to be evaluated the year they are set to retire shall be offered the opportunity to waive their evaluation and to retain their most recent rating, unless the teacher was last rated as "needs improvement" or "unsatisfactory". Provides that the school district may still reserve the right to evaluate a retired teacher provided the district gives notice to the retired teacher at least 14 days before the evaluation and a reason for evaluating the retired teacher. Effective immediately. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 103rd SB 1351 Illinois SB 1351 (103rd)
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Illinois SB 1351 (103rd) — SCH CD-TEACHER EVAL-LAST YEAR

Amends the Evaluation of Certified Employees Article of the School Code. Provides that in a teacher evaluation plan, teachers who are due to be evaluated the year they are set to retire shall be offered the opportunity to waive their evaluation and to retain their most recent rating, unless the teacher was last rated as "needs improvement" or "unsatisfactory". Provides that the school district may still reserve the right to evaluate a retired teacher provided the district gives notice to the retired teacher at least 14 days before the evaluation and a reason for evaluating the retired teacher. 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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Education, Amendment 1 — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Education — 130 (pass) · lower
  • Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 1040 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 560 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
  • Sue Scherer — primary (person)
  • Anthony DeLuca — cosponsor (person)
  • Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
  • Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
  • Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-06 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford filing
  • 2023-02-06 First Reading reading-1
  • 2023-02-06 Referred to Assignments
  • 2023-02-14 Assigned to Education referral-committee
  • 2023-02-22 Do Pass Education; 013-000-000
  • 2023-02-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 23, 2023 reading-2
  • 2023-02-22 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
  • 2023-03-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford amendment-introduction
  • 2023-03-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
  • 2023-03-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
  • 2023-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 008-000-000
  • 2023-03-22 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2023-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Lightford amendment-passage
  • 2023-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 23, 2023
  • 2023-03-27 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
  • 2023-03-30 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
  • 2023-03-30 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
  • 2023-03-31 Arrived in House introduction
  • 2023-03-31 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
  • 2023-04-11 First Reading reading-1
  • 2023-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee
  • 2023-04-18 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools referral-committee
  • 2023-04-26 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000
  • 2023-04-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2023-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2023-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2023-05-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 passage, reading-3
  • 2023-05-08 Passed Both Houses
  • 2023-05-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
  • 2023-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2023-06-09 Effective Date June 9, 2023
  • 2023-06-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0085 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d98ffb5-ed53-4206-bc71-2dcd105cf237. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).