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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-PRAIRIE ST ACHIEV EXAM"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall afford students one opportunity (instead of 2 opportunities) to take the Prairie State Achievement Examination beginning as late as practical during the spring (instead of second) semester of grade 11; makes related changes. Provides that a student is exempt from the requirement that a student not receive a high school diploma without taking the Prairie State Achievement Examination if the school district is not required to test the individual student for purposes of accountability under federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requirements or the student is otherwise identified by the State Board of Education through rules as being exempt from the assessment. Effective July 1, 2009."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2014"
citation: "Illinois SB 2014 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-20"
last_action: "2009-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fc67659-688b-4cb9-8ad9-41be106edd68"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2014&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44927&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "32c5bfd5545a3f61bbef4480217d932ff9facb0cad7ef5bdae8ba6d3847b483e"
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 2014 (96th) — SCH CD-PRAIRIE ST ACHIEV EXAM
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall afford students one opportunity (instead of 2 opportunities) to take the Prairie State Achievement Examination beginning as late as practical during the spring (instead of second) semester of grade 11; makes related changes. Provides that a student is exempt from the requirement that a student not receive a high school diploma without taking the Prairie State Achievement Examination if the school district is not required to test the individual student for purposes of accountability under federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requirements or the student is otherwise identified by the State Board of Education through rules as being exempt from the assessment. 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=09600SB2014&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44927&DocNum=2014&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2014eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44927&DocNum=2014&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2014enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44927&DocNum=2014&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1050** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Deanna Demuzio — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio `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
- **2009-03-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 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`
- **2009-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2009-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 011-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-13** Effective Date August 13, 2009
- **2009-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0430 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fc67659-688b-4cb9-8ad9-41be106edd68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).