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| Bill | SCH CD-ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS | Amends the School Code. Provides for the employment of assistant principals. Includes provisions concerning (1) their duties, (2) their contracts, (3) their reclassification, and (4) their evaluation. Removes language that provides that if a principal is absent due to extended illness or leave of absence, then an assistant principal may be assigned as acting principal for a period not to exceed 60 school days. Provides that no principal (rather than no principal who has completed 2 or more years of administrative service in the school district) may be reclassified by demotion or reduction in rank from one position within a school district to another for which a lower salary is paid without written notice from the board of the proposed reclassification by April 1 of the year in which the contract expires. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 97th | HB 3171 | Illinois HB 3171 (97th) |
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enacted | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2011-02-23 | 2011-07-28 | openstates | ocd-bill/86319b88-2dba-47e5-a291-5159d2f6396a | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3171&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60535&SessionID=84&GA=97 | 10c1c845717fba82ed3c3b18388c5976de174f2829b20af3bd101d93fb56bb47 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 3171 (97th) — SCH CD-ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS
Amends the School Code. Provides for the employment of assistant principals. Includes provisions concerning (1) their duties, (2) their contracts, (3) their reclassification, and (4) their evaluation. Removes language that provides that if a principal is absent due to extended illness or leave of absence, then an assistant principal may be assigned as acting principal for a period not to exceed 60 school days. Provides that no principal (rather than no principal who has completed 2 or more years of administrative service in the school district) may be reclassified by demotion or reduction in rank from one position within a school district to another for which a lower salary is paid without written notice from the board of the proposed reclassification by April 1 of the year in which the contract expires. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- John D. Cavaletto — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2011-02-23 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John D. Cavaletto
filing - 2011-02-24 First Reading
reading-1 - 2011-02-24 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2011-02-28 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
referral-committee - 2011-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
- 2011-03-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 023-000-000
committee-passage - 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2011-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2011-03-30 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2011-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2011-03-30 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- 2011-03-30 First Reading
reading-1 - 2011-03-30 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 - 2011-07-28 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2011-07-28 Effective Date July 28, 2011
- 2011-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0217
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86319b88-2dba-47e5-a291-5159d2f6396a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).