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Bill	SCH CD-HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHR	Amends the School Code. Allows a teacher who teaches physical education or health education in the public schools to meet the requirements for highly qualified status that apply to teachers who teach in core academic subjects pursuant to the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 3274	Illinois SB 3274 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2014-02-14	2014-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/c80aaab8-894d-4e2c-99dd-5991ba89b43a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3274&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=80417&SessionID=85&GA=98	87eff510aa5dc1b2cca24ff4dc54f9aa4e743e9002aa29e0d26808fa8aa1fc4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3274 (98th) — SCH CD-HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHR

Amends the School Code. Allows a teacher who teaches physical education or health education in the public schools to meet the requirements for highly qualified status that apply to teachers who teach in core academic subjects pursuant to the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

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 — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Holmes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-14 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-25 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2014-03-05 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 5, 2014
• 2014-03-05 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2014-03-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2014
• 2014-03-06 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2014-03-06 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-06 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-03-13 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2014-03-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2014-03-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2014-03-24 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 011-000-000 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
• 2014-05-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-09 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2014-05-09 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2014-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-04 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0860 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c80aaab8-894d-4e2c-99dd-5991ba89b43a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).