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type: "Bill"
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title: "SCH CD-SPEC ED-TRANSITION SERV"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "96th"
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identifier: "HB 979"
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citation: "Illinois HB 979 (96th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2009-02-10"
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last_action: "2009-08-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04b9242e-06fa-47a1-89a5-7c1577e345cb"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=979&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42560&SessionID=76&GA=96"
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source_hash: "cf25f14f83fe9d38a4a83d83326385644fef61ac6ee520c5839be4e4220c766f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 979 (96th) — SCH CD-SPEC ED-TRANSITION SERV
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0979&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42560&DocNum=979&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0979eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42560&DocNum=979&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0979enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42560&DocNum=979&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Elizabeth Coulson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson `filing`
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- **2009-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-02-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
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- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
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- **2009-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
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- **2009-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
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- **2009-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
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- **2009-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
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- **2009-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
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- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
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- **2009-03-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
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- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
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- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
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- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
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- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
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- **2009-03-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-03-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2009-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-03-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
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- **2009-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-03-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-29** Held in Education
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- **2009-05-06** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
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- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
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- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-05-13** Passed Both Houses
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- **2009-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2009-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2009-08-10** Effective Date August 10, 2009
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- **2009-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0187 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04b9242e-06fa-47a1-89a5-7c1577e345cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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