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Bill	SCH CD-QUALIFIED TEACHERS-NCLB	Amends the School Code. Provides that if a school district has an overall shortage of highly qualified teachers, as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, or a shortage of highly qualified teachers in the subject area of mathematics, science, reading, or special education, then the school board must spend at least 40% of the money it receives from Title 2 grants under the Act on professional development for teachers (in a specific subject area if applicable) until there is no longer a shortage of highly qualified teachers (in a specific subject area if applicable). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 6906	Illinois HB 6906 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	40	3	2004-02-09	2004-08-23	openstates	ocd-bill/d4d716d7-4a73-48ee-9beb-665493584aaf	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6906&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=12112&SessionID=3&GA=93	9d1976e64f5bbd17a37c14f7128f3a5cf44a9f886773c508c5cacd378bf47083	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 6906 (93rd) — SCH CD-QUALIFIED TEACHERS-NCLB

Amends the School Code. Provides that if a school district has an overall shortage of highly qualified teachers, as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, or a shortage of highly qualified teachers in the subject area of mathematics, science, reading, or special education, then the school board must spend at least 40% of the money it receives from Title 2 grants under the Act on professional development for teachers (in a specific subject area if applicable) until there is no longer a shortage of highly qualified teachers (in a specific subject area if applicable). 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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concurrence — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 36–21 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jerry L. Mitchell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Renee Kosel filing
• 2004-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-20 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2004-02-26 Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2004-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary and Secondary Education Committee amendment-introduction
• 2004-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2004-03-04 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-26 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2004-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2004 reading-1
• 2004-03-31 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
• 2004-03-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-31 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-04-15 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2004-04-21 Postponed - Education
• 2004-04-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg amendment-introduction
• 2004-04-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-04-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
• 2004-04-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2004-04-28 Do Pass as Amended Education; 006-003-001 committee-passage
• 2004-04-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2004
• 2004-04-29 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 4, 2004
• 2004-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 036-021-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-13 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2004-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2004-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2004-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 018-000-000
• 2004-05-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000
• 2004-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-08-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-08-23 Effective Date August 23, 2004
• 2004-08-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0997 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4d716d7-4a73-48ee-9beb-665493584aaf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).