republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-5393.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-TEACHING EXCELLENCE PRO"
description: "Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code with respect to the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. Removes language that provides that the monetary assistance and incentives that qualified educators are eligible for must be based on outlined priorities; makes related changes. Removes from monetary assistance the fee for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards' Take One! for up to 500 qualified educators. Adds, as monetary assistance, a maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee. Removes the annual incentive equal to $1,500 paid to each qualified educator who holds both a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation and a current corresponding certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, who is employed in a school district, and who agrees, in writing, to provide 30 hours of mentoring or National Board for Professional Teaching Standards professional development or both during the school year to teachers or school counselors in a poverty or low-performing school. Provides that funds must be dispersed on a first-come, first-serve basis, with priority given to poverty or low-performing schools. Removes language requiring mentoring to include mentoring of National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Take One! participants. Provides that funds may be used for instructional leadership training for qualified educators interested in supporting implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or both. Effective July 1, 2014."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 5393"
citation: "Illinois HB 5393 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-10"
last_action: "2014-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73dd3cf1-004e-4c84-ab5f-306b7ff6659f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5393&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80218&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "2547c135b31f3a817c9adf271ecf60d9fdb9490ede637343b6eb2252b5e439b7"
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 5393 (98th) — SCH CD-TEACHING EXCELLENCE PRO

Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code with respect to the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. Removes language that provides that the monetary assistance and incentives that qualified educators are eligible for must be based on outlined priorities; makes related changes. Removes from monetary assistance the fee for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards' Take One! for up to 500 qualified educators. Adds, as monetary assistance, a maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee. Removes the annual incentive equal to $1,500 paid to each qualified educator who holds both a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation and a current corresponding certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, who is employed in a school district, and who agrees, in writing, to provide 30 hours of mentoring or National Board for Professional Teaching Standards professional development or both during the school year to teachers or school counselors in a poverty or low-performing school. Provides that funds must be dispersed on a first-come, first-serve basis, with priority given to poverty or low-performing schools. Removes language requiring mentoring to include mentoring of National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Take One! participants. Provides that funds may be used for instructional leadership training for qualified educators interested in supporting implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or both. Effective July 1, 2014.

## 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=09800HB5393&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80218&DocNum=5393&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5393eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80218&DocNum=5393&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5393enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80218&DocNum=5393&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emily McAsey — primary (person)
- William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey `filing`
- **2014-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2014-03-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2014-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
- **2014-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-24** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2014-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
- **2014-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2014-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2014
- **2014-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 046-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-06-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-11** Effective Date July 1, 2014
- **2014-06-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0646 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73dd3cf1-004e-4c84-ab5f-306b7ff6659f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).