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Bill	SCH CD-CHARTER SCH-ENG LEARNER	Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Requires a charter school to comply with all federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools that pertain to special education and the instruction of English language learners. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4527	Illinois HB 4527 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	46	2	2014-02-03	2014-06-09	openstates	ocd-bill/bee6f25a-a5b9-4341-969f-65da80b6a762	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4527&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79003&SessionID=85&GA=98	099b2dfa491c08065ba0a9965681b1881d0a283cdae48d4c08c042d0c6226056	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4527 (98th) — SCH CD-CHARTER SCH-ENG LEARNER

Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Requires a charter school to comply with all federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools that pertain to special education and the instruction of English language learners. 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 — 77–32 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 34–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
• John M. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)
• Toi W. Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
• William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-18 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2014-02-26 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-02-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2014-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2014-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2014-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2014-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
• 2014-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2014-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2014-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2014-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
• 2014-03-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 077-032-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-21 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2014-03-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2014-03-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-21 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2014-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-21 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2014-05-07 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2014-05-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2014-05-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2014-05-13 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2014-05-14 Do Pass Education; 009-005-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2014
• 2014-05-15 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2014-05-15 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2014-05-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2014-05-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2014
• 2014-05-23 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2014
• 2014-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 034-015-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-06-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-06-09 Effective Date June 9, 2014
• 2014-06-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0639 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bee6f25a-a5b9-4341-969f-65da80b6a762. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).