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| Bill | SCH CD-TEACHER-ALTERNATIV CERT | Amends the School Code. With respect to the Alternative Teacher Certification program, provides that a provisional alternative teaching certificate may be issued to an applicant who has attained at least a cumulative grade average of a "B" if the individual is assigned either to a school district that has not met the annual measurable objective for highly qualified teachers required by the Illinois Revised Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT) Plan or to a school district whose data filed with the State Board of Education indicates that the district's poor and minority students are taught by teachers who are not highly qualified at a higher rate than other students (instead of just if the applicant has been employed for a period of at least 5 years in an area requiring application of the individual's education). Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | SB 306 | Illinois SB 306 (95th) |
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enacted | 3 | 47 | 2 | 2007-02-07 | 2007-08-17 | openstates | ocd-bill/e755d7a8-1f43-44b2-a33b-82ceff5b8f57 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=306&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27906&SessionID=51&GA=95 | e74a999de565f2a034714174c0e1bdb93ad07a3c2d7efed0598da58cf6e41fb2 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 306 (95th) — SCH CD-TEACHER-ALTERNATIV CERT
Amends the School Code. With respect to the Alternative Teacher Certification program, provides that a provisional alternative teaching certificate may be issued to an applicant who has attained at least a cumulative grade average of a "B" if the individual is assigned either to a school district that has not met the annual measurable objective for highly qualified teachers required by the Illinois Revised Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT) Plan or to a school district whose data filed with the State Board of Education indicates that the district's poor and minority students are taught by teachers who are not highly qualified at a higher rate than other students (instead of just if the applicant has been employed for a period of at least 5 years in an area requiring application of the individual's education). Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Terry Link — primary (person)
- William B. Black — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2007-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
filing - 2007-02-07 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-02-07 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-02-21 Assigned to Education
referral-committee - 2007-03-15 Do Pass Education; 006-000-004
committee-passage - 2007-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
- 2007-03-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
amendment-introduction - 2007-03-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-03-15 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- 2007-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
- 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Held in Education
- 2007-03-22 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2007-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- 2007-03-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
amendment-introduction - 2007-03-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Education
- 2007-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 008-000-000
- 2007-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 008-000-000
- 2007-03-29 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- 2007-03-29 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- 2007-03-29 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2007-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Link
amendment-passage - 2007-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Link
amendment-passage - 2007-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2007-03-29 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- 2007-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-03-30 Arrived in House
introduction - 2007-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-03-30 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2007-04-09 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-04-09 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-04-30 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
referral-committee - 2007-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 021-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-05-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2007-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-05-22 Passed Both Houses
- 2007-06-20 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2007-08-17 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2007-08-17 Effective Date August 17, 2007
- 2007-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0270
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e755d7a8-1f43-44b2-a33b-82ceff5b8f57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).