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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD - GENERAL ED DEFINITION"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 189"
citation: "Illinois HB 189 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-01-14"
last_action: "2011-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e4ccf5b-c08f-409b-90f7-04313b069e5f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=189&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54779&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "91d77312b1193ad6cc70191ae50f2a17fe313811edf6cf29448cb3a8c3b6a971"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0189&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54779&DocNum=189&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0189eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54779&DocNum=189&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0189enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54779&DocNum=189&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1020** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e4ccf5b-c08f-409b-90f7-04313b069e5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).