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Bill SCH CD-CIVIC EDUC ADVANCEMENT Amends the School Code and the State Finance Act. Authorizes regional superintendents of schools to make grants from the Civic Education Trust Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, to any public school that enrolls 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade students and that has completed and submitted a Civic Audit for the school, for the purpose of professional development for the school's staff. Provides that grants may be awarded to eligible schools only once every 3 years and that a grant must be no less than $250 and no more than $3,000, unless otherwise authorized. Provides that the State Treasurer shall accept and deposit into the Fund all gifts, grants, transfers, donations, appropriations, and other amounts, from any legal source, public or private, that are designated for deposit into the Fund. Effective immediately. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 95th HB 2787 Illinois HB 2787 (95th)
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Illinois HB 2787 (95th) — SCH CD-CIVIC EDUC ADVANCEMENT

Amends the School Code and the State Finance Act. Authorizes regional superintendents of schools to make grants from the Civic Education Trust Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, to any public school that enrolls 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade students and that has completed and submitted a Civic Audit for the school, for the purpose of professional development for the school's staff. Provides that grants may be awarded to eligible schools only once every 3 years and that a grant must be no less than $250 and no more than $3,000, unless otherwise authorized. Provides that the State Treasurer shall accept and deposit into the Fund all gifts, grants, transfers, donations, appropriations, and other amounts, from any legal source, public or private, that are designated for deposit into the Fund. 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 — 1160 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 590 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • William Davis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2007-02-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis filing
  • 2007-02-26 First Reading reading-1
  • 2007-02-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2007-03-01 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
  • 2007-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
  • 2007-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
  • 2007-03-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 022-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2007-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
  • 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
  • 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
  • 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
  • 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
  • 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
  • 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
  • 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
  • 2007-03-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
  • 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
  • 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
  • 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
  • 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
  • 2007-03-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William Davis amendment-introduction
  • 2007-03-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2007-04-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2007-04-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2007-04-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2007-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
  • 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
  • 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
  • 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
  • 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
  • 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
  • 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
  • 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
  • 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
  • 2007-04-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2007-04-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
  • 2007-04-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
  • 2007-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2007-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
  • 2007-04-20 First Reading reading-1
  • 2007-04-20 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2007-04-25 Assigned to Education referral-committee
  • 2007-05-02 Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2007-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2007
  • 2007-05-03 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
  • 2007-05-04 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
  • 2007-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
  • 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2007-05-22 Passed Both Houses
  • 2007-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2007-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2007-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2007
  • 2007-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0225 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01312215-404b-4e33-b2d0-b3811cdaf95a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).