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Bill	SCH CD-SPEC ED-TRANSITION SERV	Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Makes changes to a Section concerning transition goals, supports, and services. Removes certain provisions concerning transition goals and supports. Provides instead that beginning no later than the first individualized education plan (IEP) in effect when the student turns age 14 1/2 (or younger if determined appropriate by the IEP Team) and updated annually thereafter, the IEP must include (i) measurable postsecondary goals based upon age-appropriate transition assessments and other information available regarding the student that are related to training, education, employment, and, where appropriate, independent living skills and (ii) the transition services needed to assist the student in reaching those goals, including courses of study. Makes changes concerning the transition planning process, including additional participants, the IEP identifying each person responsible for transition services, the involvement of a public or private entity outside of the school district in transition services, the limit on a public school's responsibility for delivering educational services, and submitting a summary to the local Transition Planning Committee. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 979	Illinois HB 979 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	39	2	2009-02-10	2009-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/04b9242e-06fa-47a1-89a5-7c1577e345cb	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=979&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42560&SessionID=76&GA=96	cf25f14f83fe9d38a4a83d83326385644fef61ac6ee520c5839be4e4220c766f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 979 (96th) — SCH CD-SPEC ED-TRANSITION SERV

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Makes changes to a Section concerning transition goals, supports, and services. Removes certain provisions concerning transition goals and supports. Provides instead that beginning no later than the first individualized education plan (IEP) in effect when the student turns age 14 1/2 (or younger if determined appropriate by the IEP Team) and updated annually thereafter, the IEP must include (i) measurable postsecondary goals based upon age-appropriate transition assessments and other information available regarding the student that are related to training, education, employment, and, where appropriate, independent living skills and (ii) the transition services needed to assist the student in reaching those goals, including courses of study. Makes changes concerning the transition planning process, including additional participants, the IEP identifying each person responsible for transition services, the involvement of a public or private entity outside of the school district in transition services, the limit on a public school's responsibility for delivering educational services, and submitting a summary to the local Transition Planning Committee. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth Coulson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson filing
• 2009-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2009-02-18 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2009-02-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2009-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2009-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2009-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2009-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2009-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2009-03-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2009-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2009-03-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-19 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Held in Education
• 2009-05-06 Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
• 2009-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-10 Effective Date August 10, 2009
• 2009-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0187 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04b9242e-06fa-47a1-89a5-7c1577e345cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).