republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/sb-2115.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-DENY ENROLLMENT TO STU"
description: "Amends the School Code. Allows a school or school district to deny enrollment to a student 16 years of age or older for one semester for failure to meet minimum academic or attendance standards if certain conditions are met. Requires a district to identify, track, and report on the educational progress and outcomes of reenrolled students (defined as dropouts who have reenrolled full-time) as a subset of the district's required reporting on all enrollments. Provides that a reenrolled student who again drops out must not be counted again against a district's dropout rate performance measure. Requires the State Board of Education to set performance standards for programs serving reenrolled students. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2115"
citation: "Illinois SB 2115 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-11-04"
last_action: "2004-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27776915-1169-4841-8a1c-12e0bc28d724"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2115&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=7531&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "d4a86f40600c0e7f6ce958c56218e4266dbe43545b09a2acaea03e353e145908"
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 2115 (93rd) — SCH CD-DENY ENROLLMENT TO STU

Amends the School Code. Allows a school or school district to deny enrollment to a student 16 years of age or older for one semester for failure to meet minimum academic or attendance standards if certain conditions are met. Requires a district to identify, track, and report on the educational progress and outcomes of reenrolled students (defined as dropouts who have reenrolled full-time) as a subset of the district's required reporting on all enrollments. Provides that a reenrolled student who again drops out must not be counted again against a district's dropout rate performance measure. Requires the State Board of Education to set performance standards for programs serving reenrolled students. Effective immediately.

## 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=09300SB2115&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=7531&DocNum=2115&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2115eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=7531&DocNum=2115&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2115enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=7531&DocNum=2115&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miguel del Valle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-11-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle `filing`
- **2003-11-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-11-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-04** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-05** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2004-02-10** Postponed - Education
- **2004-02-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
- **2004-02-18** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2004-02-19** Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2004
- **2004-02-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 25, 2004
- **2004-03-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2004-03-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2004-03-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-25** Chief House Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2004-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-30** Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2004-04-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-04-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2004-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-23** Effective Date July 23, 2004
- **2004-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0803 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27776915-1169-4841-8a1c-12e0bc28d724`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).