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Bill	SCH CD-PSYCHOLOGIST-PRINCIPAL	Amends the School Code. With respect to the definition of "school psychologist" in the Children with Disabilities Article, allows a psychologist who holds a valid Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) certificate and has such additional qualifications as may be required by the State Board of Education to meet the definition of school psychologist. Changes certain certification references to licensure references. Allows a Professional Educator License holder who has 4 years of experience working in the capacity of school support personnel, among other qualifications, to receive a principal endorsement. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2989	Illinois SB 2989 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2014-02-04	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/30394e21-0618-46d8-93bb-dfebbed91dfe	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2989&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79235&SessionID=85&GA=98	13cf73671a8c24b63be0f276a478cb73a95a6c33a44f308ef687d256f6d3cf9b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2989 (98th) — SCH CD-PSYCHOLOGIST-PRINCIPAL

Amends the School Code. With respect to the definition of "school psychologist" in the Children with Disabilities Article, allows a psychologist who holds a valid Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) certificate and has such additional qualifications as may be required by the State Board of Education to meet the definition of school psychologist. Changes certain certification references to licensure references. Allows a Professional Educator License holder who has 4 years of experience working in the capacity of school support personnel, among other qualifications, to receive a principal endorsement. 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 — 111–6 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 46–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William Delgado — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2014-02-26 Postponed - Education
• 2014-03-05 Postponed - Education
• 2014-03-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2014-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-03-20 Do Pass as Amended Education; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2014
• 2014-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2014-03-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2014
• 2014-04-01 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2014-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 046-004-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-01 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
• 2014-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-006-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-18 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 . . . . . . . . . 98-0947 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30394e21-0618-46d8-93bb-dfebbed91dfe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).