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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-MISCELLANEOUS"
description: "Amends the School Code, the Childhood Hunger Relief Act, the School Safety Drill Act, and the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes changes concerning a teacher supply and demand report, school standards, recognition levels, academic early warning and watch status, a Data Division, truants' alternative and optional education programs, the School Technology Revolving Loan Program, the inspection and review of school facilities, programs concerning services to at-risk children and their families, the inspection of schools, a report of teacher dismissals, the tuition of children from orphanages and children's homes, dates for filing State aid claims, truant data, safety education, driver education, the evaluation of charter school proposals, a summer food service program, a school safety review, and the administration of certain federal scholarship programs. Repeals provisions concerning discontinued institutions, racial reports, and a course on the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals the Educationally Disadvantaged Children Article of the School Code. Repeals the Sex Education Act and the Recognized Normal School Act. Effective July 1, 2009."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1977"
citation: "Illinois SB 1977 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-20"
last_action: "2009-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b45dbf4-ac1d-4a4d-a629-52fc63ef7df2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1977&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44881&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "2b6d6e0b5ead5dfdaa131566815e0e95d9e460eaa2c020823ba21a71e5d7b453"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois SB 1977 (96th) — SCH CD-MISCELLANEOUS
Amends the School Code, the Childhood Hunger Relief Act, the School Safety Drill Act, and the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes changes concerning a teacher supply and demand report, school standards, recognition levels, academic early warning and watch status, a Data Division, truants' alternative and optional education programs, the School Technology Revolving Loan Program, the inspection and review of school facilities, programs concerning services to at-risk children and their families, the inspection of schools, a report of teacher dismissals, the tuition of children from orphanages and children's homes, dates for filing State aid claims, truant data, safety education, driver education, the evaluation of charter school proposals, a summer food service program, a school safety review, and the administration of certain federal scholarship programs. Repeals provisions concerning discontinued institutions, racial reports, and a course on the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals the Educationally Disadvantaged Children Article of the School Code. Repeals the Sex Education Act and the Recognized Normal School Act. Effective July 1, 2009.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1977&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44881&DocNum=1977&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1977eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44881&DocNum=1977&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1977enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44881&DocNum=1977&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **550** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1050** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- James T. Meeks — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. James T. Meeks `filing`
- **2009-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 2, 2009
- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2009-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 20, 2009
- **2009-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. James T. Meeks `filing`
- **2009-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 010-000-000
- **2009-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 055-000-000
- **2009-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-25** Effective Date August 25, 2009
- **2009-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0734 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b45dbf4-ac1d-4a4d-a629-52fc63ef7df2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).