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Bill	SCH CD-ENDORSEMENT CERT	Amends the School Code with respect to administrative certificates. Allows for a general administrative endorsement if, among other conditions, the certificate holder has 2 years of chief school business official experience (as an alternative to requiring 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school service personnel experience). Provides that an endorsement for a chief school business official endorsement must include the requirement that the certificate holder has 6 semester hours of internship in school business management. Allows for a superintendent endorsement if, among other conditions, the certificate holder has 2 years of chief school business official experience (as an alternative to requiring 2 years as an administrator or supervisor in the public schools).	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 2537	Illinois SB 2537 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2010-01-12	2010-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/1781777d-ba0c-4195-a457-75a678bf661a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2537&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49232&SessionID=76&GA=96	7e84ab98b454791fc06fa4b01ba876dc68f8b822dc11f3c7888917afb3740639	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2537 (96th) — SCH CD-ENDORSEMENT CERT

Amends the School Code with respect to administrative certificates. Allows for a general administrative endorsement if, among other conditions, the certificate holder has 2 years of chief school business official experience (as an alternative to requiring 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school service personnel experience). Provides that an endorsement for a chief school business official endorsement must include the requirement that the certificate holder has 6 semester hours of internship in school business management. Allows for a superintendent endorsement if, among other conditions, the certificate holder has 2 years of chief school business official experience (as an alternative to requiring 2 years as an administrator or supervisor in the public schools).

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edward D. Maloney — primary (person)
• Monique D. Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-01-12 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney filing
• 2010-01-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-01-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-04 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2010-02-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-17 Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2010
• 2010-02-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2010-02-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-02-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Maloney amendment-passage
• 2010-02-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2010
• 2010-03-09 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2010-03-10 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-22 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2010-04-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2010-04-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-02 Effective Date January 1, 2011
• 2010-07-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0982 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1781777d-ba0c-4195-a457-75a678bf661a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).