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Bill SCH CD-STATE SEAL BILITERACY Amends the School Code. For admissions purposes, requires each public university in this State to accept the State Seal of Biliteracy as equivalent to 2 years of foreign language coursework taken during high school if a student's high school transcript indicates that he or she will be receiving or has received the State Seal of Biliteracy. Provides that each public community college and public university in this State shall establish criteria to translate a State Seal of Biliteracy into course credit based on foreign language course equivalencies identified by the community college's or university's faculty and staff and, upon request from an enrolled student, the community college or university shall award foreign language course credit to a student who has received a State Seal of Biliteracy. Requires the State Board of Education's rules to ensure that the criteria that pupils must achieve to earn a State Seal of Biliteracy meet the course credit criteria. Requires students enrolled in a public community college or public university who have received a State Seal of Biliteracy to request course credit for their seal within 3 academic years after graduating from high school. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 99th HB 4330 Illinois HB 4330 (99th)
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Illinois HB 4330 (99th) — SCH CD-STATE SEAL BILITERACY

Amends the School Code. For admissions purposes, requires each public university in this State to accept the State Seal of Biliteracy as equivalent to 2 years of foreign language coursework taken during high school if a student's high school transcript indicates that he or she will be receiving or has received the State Seal of Biliteracy. Provides that each public community college and public university in this State shall establish criteria to translate a State Seal of Biliteracy into course credit based on foreign language course equivalencies identified by the community college's or university's faculty and staff and, upon request from an enrolled student, the community college or university shall award foreign language course credit to a student who has received a State Seal of Biliteracy. Requires the State Board of Education's rules to ensure that the criteria that pupils must achieve to earn a State Seal of Biliteracy meet the course credit criteria. Requires students enrolled in a public community college or public university who have received a State Seal of Biliteracy to request course credit for their seal within 3 academic years after graduating from high school.

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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Barbara Wheeler — primary (person)
  • Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
  • William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2015-11-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Wheeler filing
  • 2015-11-09 First Reading reading-1
  • 2015-11-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2016-03-23 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
  • 2016-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
  • 2016-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
  • 2016-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
  • 2016-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel
  • 2016-04-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2016-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2016-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
  • 2016-04-06 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel
  • 2016-04-06 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
  • 2016-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
  • 2016-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel
  • 2016-04-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2016-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2016-04-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2016-04-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
  • 2016-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2016 reading-1
  • 2016-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
  • 2016-04-18 First Reading reading-1
  • 2016-04-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2016-04-21 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
  • 2016-04-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
  • 2016-04-27 Assigned to Education referral-committee
  • 2016-05-03 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
  • 2016-05-03 Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2016-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2016
  • 2016-05-17 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
  • 2016-05-18 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
  • 2016-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2016-05-18 Passed Both Houses
  • 2016-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2016-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2016-07-22 Effective Date January 1, 2017
  • 2016-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0600 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7403d0dc-8e95-403b-bb79-29a900acb531. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).

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