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Bill	SCH CD-PRESCH FOR ALL-HEAD ST	Amends the School Code. Requires grantees under the Preschool for All Children program to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the appropriate local Head Start agency no later than 3 months after the award of a grantee's grant under the program and, in the case of the 2009-2010 program year, no later than the deadline set by the State Board of Education for applications to participate in the program in fiscal year 2011. Sets forth certain issues that the memorandum must address. Suspends the memorandum of understanding requirement if the local Head Start agency is unable or unwilling to enter into the memorandum. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 79	Illinois SB 79 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	39	2	2009-01-30	2009-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/69ef65f8-2124-4a19-a1c6-d6e644035e98	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=79&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40367&SessionID=76&GA=96	25b8911ae87b9036df7faa401718f832c3dc6f9f99ffb8eb39e583f9d13715e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 79 (96th) — SCH CD-PRESCH FOR ALL-HEAD ST

Amends the School Code. Requires grantees under the Preschool for All Children program to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the appropriate local Head Start agency no later than 3 months after the award of a grantee's grant under the program and, in the case of the 2009-2010 program year, no later than the deadline set by the State Board of Education for applications to participate in the program in fiscal year 2011. Sets forth certain issues that the memorandum must address. Suspends the memorandum of understanding requirement if the local Head Start agency is unable or unwilling to enter into the memorandum. Effective immediately.

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 — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Esther Golar — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa M. Dugan — cosponsor (person)
• Marlow H. Colvin — cosponsor (person)
• Robert W. Pritchard — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Link — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-01-30 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link filing
• 2009-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-01-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-02-04 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2009-02-06 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2009-02-11 Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2009
• 2009-02-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2009-02-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2009
• 2009-03-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2009-03-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2009-03-25 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2009-03-25 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2009-03-25 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2009-03-25 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2009-03-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-14 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2009-04-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2009-04-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2009-04-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2009-04-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2009-05-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-05-07 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2009-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2009-06-05 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-04 Effective Date August 4, 2009
• 2009-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0119 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69ef65f8-2124-4a19-a1c6-d6e644035e98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).