republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-189.md

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Bill	SCH CD - GENERAL ED DEFINITION	Amends the School Code. Provides that, with respect to any State statute or administrative rule that defines a general education classroom to be composed of a certain percentage of students with individualized education programs (IEPs), students with individualized education programs shall exclude students receiving only speech services outside of the general education classroom, provided that the instruction the students receive in the general education classroom does not require modification. Provides that, in every instance, a school district must ensure that composition of the general education classroom does not interfere with the provision of a free and appropriate public education to any student. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 189	Illinois HB 189 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2011-01-14	2011-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/2e4ccf5b-c08f-409b-90f7-04313b069e5f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=189&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54779&SessionID=84&GA=97	91d77312b1193ad6cc70191ae50f2a17fe313811edf6cf29448cb3a8c3b6a971	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 189 (97th) — SCH CD - GENERAL ED DEFINITION

Amends the School Code. Provides that, with respect to any State statute or administrative rule that defines a general education classroom to be composed of a certain percentage of students with individualized education programs (IEPs), students with individualized education programs shall exclude students receiving only speech services outside of the general education classroom, provided that the instruction the students receive in the general education classroom does not require modification. Provides that, in every instance, a school district must ensure that composition of the general education classroom does not interfere with the provision of a free and appropriate public education to any student. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 102–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roger L. Eddy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Roger L. Eddy filing
• 2011-01-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-01-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine Hammond
• 2011-02-08 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 021-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-02-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Pam Roth
• 2011-02-16 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-02-16 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Pam Roth
• 2011-02-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
• 2011-02-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2011-02-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Pam Roth
• 2011-02-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-02-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-02-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-03-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2011-03-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-09 Effective Date August 9, 2011
• 2011-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0284 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e4ccf5b-c08f-409b-90f7-04313b069e5f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).