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Bill	SCH CD-MATH CURRICULUM MODELS	Amends the School Code. Provides that as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 2012-2013 school year or a subsequent school year must successfully complete 4 (instead of 3) years of mathematics. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 3244	Illinois SB 3244 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	51	2	2012-02-01	2012-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/f596a168-7626-4dcc-9bb5-2aeb27f7c918	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3244&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=64294&SessionID=84&GA=97	651b15a72ccd27ed52b867ed86dd19a2e4810874aa192defc42b8f1ba1cb82b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3244 (97th) — SCH CD-MATH CURRICULUM MODELS

Amends the School Code. Provides that as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 2012-2013 school year or a subsequent school year must successfully complete 4 (instead of 3) years of mathematics. 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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 50–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Karen A. Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Michael W. Frerichs — primary (person)
• Mike Fortner — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-01 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs filing
• 2012-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-01 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2012-02-24 Do Pass Education; 006-004-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2012
• 2012-03-07 Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
• 2012-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2012-03-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2012-03-27 Fiscal Note Filed from the Illinois State Board of Education
• 2012-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Education
• 2012-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 010-000-000
• 2012-03-28 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2012-03-28 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2012-03-28 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Frerichs amendment-passage
• 2012-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2012
• 2012-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 050-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2012-03-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-29 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2012-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-16 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chad Hays
• 2012-04-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2012-04-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2012-04-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-04-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2012-04-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2012-04-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2012-04-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2012-04-25 Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2012-04-26 Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2012-04-30 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2012-05-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2012-05-10 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-08 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-06-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-06-25 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-06-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0704 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f596a168-7626-4dcc-9bb5-2aeb27f7c918. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).