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Bill	SCH CD-MILITARY DEPENDENTS	Amends the School Code. Provides that if, at the time of enrollment, dependents of United States military personnel are housed in temporary housing located outside of a school district, but will be living within that school district within 60 days after the time of initial enrollment, the dependents shall be enrolled, upon a sufficient showing of proof, and shall not be charged non-resident tuition. Provides that non-resident dependents of United States military personnel attending school on a tuition-free basis may be counted for the purposes of determining the apportionment of State aid. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 2444	Illinois SB 2444 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2004-02-03	2004-07-15	openstates	ocd-bill/e4eebeb0-f0f9-4b18-9d6d-8fe8a2bf1757	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2444&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8689&SessionID=3&GA=93	7e00626a482c4bceef65fc453088cc3dbb807762f1dd4b6f938bc8560fbc3157	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2444 (93rd) — SCH CD-MILITARY DEPENDENTS

Amends the School Code. Provides that if, at the time of enrollment, dependents of United States military personnel are housed in temporary housing located outside of a school district, but will be living within that school district within 60 days after the time of initial enrollment, the dependents shall be enrolled, upon a sufficient showing of proof, and shall not be charged non-resident tuition. Provides that non-resident dependents of United States military personnel attending school on a tuition-free basis may be counted for the purposes of determining the apportionment of State aid. 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

• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 118–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• James F. Clayborne, Jr. — primary (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Wyvetter H. Younge — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-03 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. filing
• 2004-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-03 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-02-04 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2004-02-10 Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-02-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2004
• 2004-02-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
• 2004-02-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 24, 2004
• 2004-03-02 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-02 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2004-03-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-04-02 Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2004-04-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
• 2004-04-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-04-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-04 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2004-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2004-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
• 2004-06-02 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-07-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-07-15 Effective Date July 15, 2004
• 2004-07-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0740 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4eebeb0-f0f9-4b18-9d6d-8fe8a2bf1757. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).