republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-5288.md

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Bill	SCH CD-COUNSELING SERVICES	Amends the School Code. Deletes existing provisions regarding school counseling services in public schools. Provides that school counseling services in public schools may be provided by school counselors, as defined under the Code, or by individuals who hold a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement in the area of school counseling under the Code. Sets forth a list of school counseling services. Provides that school districts may employ a sufficient number of school counselors to maintain the national and State recommended student-counselor ratio of 250 to 1. Further provides that school districts may have counselors spend at least 80% of their work time in direct contact with students. Provides that none of the provisions added by the amendatory Act prohibits other qualified professionals, including other endorsed school support personnel, from providing the listed services. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5288	Illinois HB 5288 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2014-02-06	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/ebf33530-198e-467b-b7cb-a5c693ed1483	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5288&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80039&SessionID=85&GA=98	0098214d41263682199f16defaaec969c724943254830564e12a321a3fcdfb4e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5288 (98th) — SCH CD-COUNSELING SERVICES

Amends the School Code. Deletes existing provisions regarding school counseling services in public schools. Provides that school counseling services in public schools may be provided by school counselors, as defined under the Code, or by individuals who hold a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement in the area of school counseling under the Code. Sets forth a list of school counseling services. Provides that school districts may employ a sufficient number of school counselors to maintain the national and State recommended student-counselor ratio of 250 to 1. Further provides that school districts may have counselors spend at least 80% of their work time in direct contact with students. Provides that none of the provisions added by the amendatory Act prohibits other qualified professionals, including other endorsed school support personnel, from providing the listed services. 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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-06 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia filing
• 2014-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2014-03-03 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2014-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
• 2014-03-20 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-01 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 2, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2014-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2014-04-29 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
• 2014-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2014
• 2014-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0918 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebf33530-198e-467b-b7cb-a5c693ed1483. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).