republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/hb-3659.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHARTER SCHOOL-BOARD TRAINING"
description: "Amends the Charter Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that, no later than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a charter school's board of directors or other governing body must include at least one parent or guardian of a pupil currently enrolled in the charter school who may be selected through the charter school or a charter network election, appointment by the charter school's board of directors or other governing body, or by the charter school's Parent Teacher Organization or its equivalent. Provides that, no later than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act or within the first year of his or her first term, every voting member of a charter school's board of directors or other governing body shall complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development leadership training to ensure that each member has sufficient familiarity with the board's or governing body's role and responsibilities, including financial oversight and accountability of the school, evaluating the principal's and school's performance, adherence to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open Meetings Acts, and compliance with education and labor law. Provides that in each subsequent year of his or her term, a voting member of a charter school's board of directors or other governing body shall complete a minimum of 2 hours of professional development training in those same areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 3659"
citation: "Illinois HB 3659 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/987729be-fae7-430c-86c4-4fe1e8c11761"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3659&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=120378&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "6054e4a6fc4e47550a1664f035c84fc7806380d5be3a03911442cc60dc841475"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 3659 (101st) — CHARTER SCHOOL-BOARD TRAINING

Amends the Charter Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that, no later than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a charter school's board of directors or other governing body must include at least one parent or guardian of a pupil currently enrolled in the charter school who may be selected through the charter school or a charter network election, appointment by the charter school's board of directors or other governing body, or by the charter school's Parent Teacher Organization or its equivalent. Provides that, no later than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act or within the first year of his or her first term, every voting member of a charter school's board of directors or other governing body shall complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development leadership training to ensure that each member has sufficient familiarity with the board's or governing body's role and responsibilities, including financial oversight and accountability of the school, evaluating the principal's and school's performance, adherence to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open Meetings Acts, and compliance with education and labor law. Provides that in each subsequent year of his or her term, a voting member of a charter school's board of directors or other governing body shall complete a minimum of 2 hours of professional development training in those same areas.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3659&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=120378&DocNum=3659&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3659eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=120378&DocNum=3659&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3659enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=120378&DocNum=3659&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chuck Weaver — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — primary (person)
- Iris Y. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Jason A. Barickman — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Yehiel M. Kalish — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Yehiel M. Kalish
- **2019-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2019-03-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 4, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2019-04-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver
- **2019-05-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2019-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason A. Barickman
- **2019-05-08** Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
- **2019-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0291 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/987729be-fae7-430c-86c4-4fe1e8c11761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).