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Bill	SCH CD-GLOBAL SCHOLAR CERT	Amends the School Code. Establishes the State Global Scholar Certification Program to recognize public high school graduates who have attained global competence, sufficient for meaningful use in college and a career. Provides that school district participation in this certification is voluntary. Sets forth the purposes of certification. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt such rules as may be necessary to establish the criteria that students must achieve to earn certification, which shall minimally include attainment of units of credit in globally focused courses, service learning experiences, global collaboration and dialogue, and passage of a capstone project demonstrating global competency, as approved by the participating school district for this purpose. Sets forth the duties of the State Board and of participating school districts. Provides that no fee may be charged to a student. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 4983	Illinois HB 4983 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	61	2	2016-02-05	2016-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/80427294-3f33-421a-acd0-dc1020ab42cb	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4983&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=94312&SessionID=88&GA=99	8e05c5592e97a5f2ac003610f200910aeca81f517f095486d9e59e9992be833c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4983 (99th) — SCH CD-GLOBAL SCHOLAR CERT

Amends the School Code. Establishes the State Global Scholar Certification Program to recognize public high school graduates who have attained global competence, sufficient for meaningful use in college and a career. Provides that school district participation in this certification is voluntary. Sets forth the purposes of certification. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt such rules as may be necessary to establish the criteria that students must achieve to earn certification, which shall minimally include attainment of units of credit in globally focused courses, service learning experiences, global collaboration and dialogue, and passage of a capstone project demonstrating global competency, as approved by the participating school district for this purpose. Sets forth the duties of the State Board and of participating school districts. Provides that no fee may be charged to a student. 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 — 106–5 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
• Chuck Weaver — cosponsor (person)
• Cynthia Soto — primary (person)
• Daniel Biss — cosponsor (person)
• David S. Luechtefeld — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Melinda Bush — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Connelly — cosponsor (person)
• Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Stadelman — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Rezin — cosponsor (person)
• William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto filing
• 2016-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
• 2016-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2016-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
• 2016-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2016-03-23 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2016-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2016-03-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2016-03-24 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2016-04-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2016-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
• 2016-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2016-04-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 022-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2016-04-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Cavaletto
• 2016-04-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
• 2016-04-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-005-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2016-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 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. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2016-04-15 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2016-04-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
• 2016-04-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2016-04-18 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2016-04-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver
• 2016-04-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
• 2016-04-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2016-04-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2016-04-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2016-04-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2016-04-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2016-04-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2016-04-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
• 2016-04-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
• 2016-04-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2016-04-27 Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2016-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2016
• 2016-04-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
• 2016-05-03 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
• 2016-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2016
• 2016-05-26 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-08-12 Effective Date August 12, 2016
• 2016-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0780 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80427294-3f33-421a-acd0-dc1020ab42cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).