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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-ALTERNATIVE CERT-EXTEND"
description: "Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. With respect to a Section concerning Alternative Route to Teacher Certification programs, makes changes to provide that (i) no one may be admitted to an alternative certification program after September 1, 2014, and those alternative certification candidates who are admitted on or before September 1, 2014 must complete their coursework before January 1, 2016 and be entitled to certification on or before September 30, 2016; (ii) an alternative certification program shall provide the State Board of Education with the names of the candidates who will be eligible for certification; and (iii) the Section is repealed on January 1, 2017. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4767"
citation: "Illinois HB 4767 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-05"
last_action: "2014-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/288365ef-6e45-4400-a35f-a2c262e913b7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4767&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79463&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "2b262dec692c0bf3dd78b81f23ec48d41db8af823cb0f0d2cb64a7df0917667e"
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 4767 (98th) — SCH CD-ALTERNATIVE CERT-EXTEND
Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. With respect to a Section concerning Alternative Route to Teacher Certification programs, makes changes to provide that (i) no one may be admitted to an alternative certification program after September 1, 2014, and those alternative certification candidates who are admitted on or before September 1, 2014 must complete their coursework before January 1, 2016 and be entitled to certification on or before September 30, 2016; (ii) an alternative certification program shall provide the State Board of Education with the names of the candidates who will be eligible for certification; and (iii) the Section is repealed on January 1, 2017. 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=09800HB4767&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79463&DocNum=4767&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4767eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79463&DocNum=4767&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4767enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79463&DocNum=4767&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1100** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia `filing`
- **2014-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-18** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2014-03-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-03-05** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 6, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
- **2014-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** Do Pass Education; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
- **2014-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2014
- **2014-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2014
- **2014-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0688 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/288365ef-6e45-4400-a35f-a2c262e913b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).