republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/sb-903.md

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Bill	SCH CD-SUMMER KINDERGARTEN	Amends the School Code. Allows a school board to establish, maintain, and operate a summer kindergarten program that begins 2 months before the beginning of the regular school year and a summer kindergarten program for grade one readiness for those pupils making unsatisfactory progress during the regular kindergarten session that will continue for 2 months after the regular school year. Provides that the summer kindergarten program may be held within the school district or, pursuant to a contract that must be approved by the State Board of Education, may be operated by 2 or more adjacent school districts or by a public or private university or college. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 903	Illinois SB 903 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	60	3	2003-02-19	2003-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/1dffa38b-2086-4af1-8a73-4b6b2bba22ec	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=903&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3792&SessionID=3&GA=93	c5f8780fa071bc4f414b9fccc4425da1145648e83eef07bb4f0042657790afa9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 903 (93rd) — SCH CD-SUMMER KINDERGARTEN

Amends the School Code. Allows a school board to establish, maintain, and operate a summer kindergarten program that begins 2 months before the beginning of the regular school year and a summer kindergarten program for grade one readiness for those pupils making unsatisfactory progress during the regular kindergarten session that will continue for 2 months after the regular school year. Provides that the summer kindergarten program may be held within the school district or, pursuant to a contract that must be approved by the State Board of Education, may be operated by 2 or more adjacent school districts or by a public or private university or college. 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, Amendment 1 — 32–25 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 41–14 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Annazette Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Charles G. Morrow, III — cosponsor (person)
• Constance A. Howard — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen A. Ryg — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Joyce — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Lovana Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Rita — cosponsor (person)
• Susan Garrett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-19 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett filing
• 2003-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-19 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2003-03-05 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2003
• 2003-03-07 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2003-03-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2003-03-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
• 2003-03-20 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
• 2003-03-20 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2003-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2003-03-20 Third Reading - Passed; 041-014-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-20 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
• 2003-03-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2003-03-21 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2003-03-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2003-03-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
• 2003-03-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2003-03-31 Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
• 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
• 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2003-04-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
• 2003-04-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2003-04-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones
• 2003-04-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Monique D. Davis amendment-introduction
• 2003-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2003-05-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-05-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-14 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles G. Morrow, III
• 2003-05-16 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
• 2003-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2003-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2003-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-016 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-21 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
• 2003-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 22, 2003.
• 2003-05-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Susan Garrett filing
• 2003-05-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Education referral-committee
• 2003-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Education; 007-004-000
• 2003-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 032-025-001
• 2003-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-08 Effective Date August 8, 2003
• 2003-08-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0472 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1dffa38b-2086-4af1-8a73-4b6b2bba22ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).