republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-3081.md

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Bill	SCH CD-CHARTER SCH-CERT-FISCAL	Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that (i) no renewal of a previously certified contract is effective unless and until the State Board certifies that the renewal is consistent with the Law and (ii) a material revision to a previously certified contract may go into effect immediately upon approval of both the local school board and the governing body of the charter school, unless either party requests certification by the State Board (instead of providing that no material revision to a previously certified contract or a renewal shall be effective unless and until certification is made by the State Board). Provides that the first day of the fiscal year of a charter school shall be July 1 (instead of no earlier than August 15 and no later than September 15 of a calendar year). Effective July 1, 2014.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 3081	Illinois SB 3081 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2014-02-07	2014-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/dc7033f5-ce47-44e9-90c7-a9c2608fb5c8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3081&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79481&SessionID=85&GA=98	9cb77087269024562ac9b4cc117630b6c9162bfd419d264ac1b4551e3cecc2a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3081 (98th) — SCH CD-CHARTER SCH-CERT-FISCAL

Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that (i) no renewal of a previously certified contract is effective unless and until the State Board certifies that the renewal is consistent with the Law and (ii) a material revision to a previously certified contract may go into effect immediately upon approval of both the local school board and the governing body of the charter school, unless either party requests certification by the State Board (instead of providing that no material revision to a previously certified contract or a renewal shall be effective unless and until certification is made by the State Board). Provides that the first day of the fiscal year of a charter school shall be July 1 (instead of no earlier than August 15 and no later than September 15 of a calendar year). Effective July 1, 2014.

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 — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Daniel Biss — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss filing
• 2014-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2014-02-26 Postponed - Education
• 2014-03-05 To Subcommittee on Charter Schools
• 2014-03-25 Reported Back To Education; 003-000-000
• 2014-03-26 Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 27, 2014
• 2014-03-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2014
• 2014-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-01 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-01 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2014-04-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-22 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-23 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 30, 2014
• 2014-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2014
• 2014-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1048 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc7033f5-ce47-44e9-90c7-a9c2608fb5c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).