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Bill	SCH CD-GIFTED EDUC FUNDING	Amends the Gifted and Talented Children Article of the School Code. Changes provisions concerning approval of local programs for the education of gifted and talented children to provide that a local program may be approved for funding by the State Board of Education, pursuant to a request for proposals process, if funds for that purpose are available and, beginning with the beginning of the 2010-2011 academic year, if the local program submits an application for funds that includes a comprehensive plan showing that the applicant is capable of meeting a portion of the specified requirements, showing the program elements currently in place and a timeline for implementation of other elements, and demonstrating to the satisfaction of the State Board of Education that the applicant is capable of implementing a program of gifted education consistent with the Article. Includes an established professional organization in gifted education as an entity that may submit a proposal to the State Board of Education for a grant for services and materials. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5481	Illinois HB 5481 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2010-02-04	2010-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/a5bdf43c-3c13-495e-810a-4f302a24d194	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5481&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50535&SessionID=76&GA=96	e43670d9c084f4d682ea1c5e6f9c40bc4c9c0f7f74767e771e717af2dfc2cca9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5481 (96th) — SCH CD-GIFTED EDUC FUNDING

Amends the Gifted and Talented Children Article of the School Code. Changes provisions concerning approval of local programs for the education of gifted and talented children to provide that a local program may be approved for funding by the State Board of Education, pursuant to a request for proposals process, if funds for that purpose are available and, beginning with the beginning of the 2010-2011 academic year, if the local program submits an application for funds that includes a comprehensive plan showing that the applicant is capable of meeting a portion of the specified requirements, showing the program elements currently in place and a timeline for implementation of other elements, and demonstrating to the satisfaction of the State Board of Education that the applicant is capable of implementing a program of gifted education consistent with the Article. Includes an established professional organization in gifted education as an entity that may submit a proposal to the State Board of Education for a grant for services and materials. 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 — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Renée Kosel — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Renée Kosel filing
• 2010-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-09 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2010-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2010-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2010-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
• 2010-02-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2010-03-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2010-03-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Postponed - Education
• 2010-04-20 Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2010-04-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-21 Effective Date July 21, 2010
• 2010-07-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1152 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5bdf43c-3c13-495e-810a-4f302a24d194. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).