republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-3515.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-SCH BD-TREASURER-EMP"
description: "Amends the School Code. Allows a school treasurer to pay recurring bills upon certification by the clerk or secretary of the school board (instead of requiring an order of the school board signed by the president and clerk or secretary or by a majority of the board). Makes changes concerning when the record of the official acts of the school board must be submitted to the treasurer. With respect to the prohibition on a school board member having an interest in district contracts, work, business, or sales, provides that a board member shall not be deemed interested if the board member is an employee of a business that is involved in the transaction of business with the school district, provided that the board member has no ownership interest in the business. Provides that a school board member's oath of office must be administered as determined by the board. Removes a provision that allows a school board to visit and inspect schools. Provides that a school board may authorize by policy (rather than by regulation) the superintendent, principal, assistant principal, or dean of students to suspend pupils. Provides that a school board must be given a summary of the notice of a parent's right to a review of the suspension (instead of a copy of the full statement of the reasons for the suspension and the notice of the parent's right to a review). Makes changes concerning when an educational support personnel employee who has been dismissed is paid. Makes changes concerning the filing of a teacher's transcript of college credits. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 3515"
citation: "Illinois SB 3515 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-10"
last_action: "2010-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bf86344-4010-47fd-bb9b-4c1e2543c328"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3515&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=51446&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "b700202a334fc07bd3248ae675147c46a3491c1d76496692bb951bed883aabdf"
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 3515 (96th) — SCH CD-SCH BD-TREASURER-EMP

Amends the School Code. Allows a school treasurer to pay recurring bills upon certification by the clerk or secretary of the school board (instead of requiring an order of the school board signed by the president and clerk or secretary or by a majority of the board). Makes changes concerning when the record of the official acts of the school board must be submitted to the treasurer. With respect to the prohibition on a school board member having an interest in district contracts, work, business, or sales, provides that a board member shall not be deemed interested if the board member is an employee of a business that is involved in the transaction of business with the school district, provided that the board member has no ownership interest in the business. Provides that a school board member's oath of office must be administered as determined by the board. Removes a provision that allows a school board to visit and inspect schools. Provides that a school board may authorize by policy (rather than by regulation) the superintendent, principal, assistant principal, or dean of students to suspend pupils. Provides that a school board must be given a summary of the notice of a parent's right to a review of the suspension (instead of a copy of the full statement of the reasons for the suspension and the notice of the parent's right to a review). Makes changes concerning when an educational support personnel employee who has been dismissed is paid. Makes changes concerning the filing of a teacher's transcript of college credits. Effective immediately.

## 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=09600SB3515&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51446&DocNum=3515&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3515eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51446&DocNum=3515&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3515enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51446&DocNum=3515&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Susan Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
- **2010-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2010-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled in Education; Garrett `amendment-failure`
- **2010-03-03** Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2010
- **2010-03-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2010-03-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2010
- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 007-000-000
- **2010-03-11** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Garrett `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2010
- **2010-03-15** Third Reading - Passed; 045-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-08** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-02** Effective Date July 2, 2010
- **2010-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0998 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bf86344-4010-47fd-bb9b-4c1e2543c328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).