republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/sb-1351.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-TEACHER EVAL-LAST YEAR"
description: "Amends the Evaluation of Certified Employees Article of the School Code. Provides that in a teacher evaluation plan, teachers who are due to be evaluated the year they are set to retire shall be offered the opportunity to waive their evaluation and to retain their most recent rating, unless the teacher was last rated as \"needs improvement\" or \"unsatisfactory\". Provides that the school district may still reserve the right to evaluate a retired teacher provided the district gives notice to the retired teacher at least 14 days before the evaluation and a reason for evaluating the retired teacher. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1351"
citation: "Illinois SB 1351 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly A. Lightford", "Sue Scherer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d98ffb5-ed53-4206-bc71-2dcd105cf237"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1351&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=145655&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "7a25b21008e72d389a51e0b4e4ca75b8ba0fa14aea0a357f7127a7825792a8a3"
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 SB 1351 (103rd) — SCH CD-TEACHER EVAL-LAST YEAR

Amends the Evaluation of Certified Employees Article of the School Code. Provides that in a teacher evaluation plan, teachers who are due to be evaluated the year they are set to retire shall be offered the opportunity to waive their evaluation and to retain their most recent rating, unless the teacher was last rated as "needs improvement" or "unsatisfactory". Provides that the school district may still reserve the right to evaluate a retired teacher provided the district gives notice to the retired teacher at least 14 days before the evaluation and a reason for evaluating the retired teacher. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1351.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1351eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1351sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1351enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Education, Amendment 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- Sue Scherer — primary (person)
- Anthony DeLuca — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `filing`
- **2023-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-14** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Do Pass Education; 013-000-000
- **2023-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 23, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2023-03-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2023-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 008-000-000
- **2023-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Lightford `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 23, 2023
- **2023-03-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2023-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2023-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date June 9, 2023
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0085 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d98ffb5-ed53-4206-bc71-2dcd105cf237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).