republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-5588.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-CHARTER SCH-VARIOUS"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that waivers may not be requested from laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to educator licensure (currently, teacher certification). Provides that it is the duty of the State Board of Education to maintain a division of audits whose duty it shall be to establish a system to perform audits, on a sample basis, of all claims for state moneys relative to the public school system of Illinois. Deletes provisions regarding the comprehensive educational plan and replaces it with provisions that the State Board of Education shall annually submit a budget recommendation to the Governor and General Assembly that contains recommendations for funding for pre-school through grade 12. Repeals a Section of the Code regarding alcohol and substance abuse education programs. Makes other changes to the Code. Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that in all new applications (instead of in all new applications submitted to the State Board of Education or a school board) to establish a charter school in Chicago, operation shall be limited to one campus. Makes changes concerning charter school referendums, submission of charter school proposals, appeals, the payment of funding, the provision of technical assistance, and transition impact aid. Repeals the Chicago Community Schools Study Commission Act, the Education Cost-Effectiveness Agenda Act, and the Conservation Education Act. Effective July 1, 2014."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 5588"
citation: "Illinois HB 5588 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-13"
last_action: "2014-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5054fbb2-007c-409c-99c9-d866c6ae10da"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5588&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80655&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "0258299cf248196e34964b6ed9619cb7ada9537ed86499c252f8dc0095b4aa85"
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 5588 (98th) — SCH CD-CHARTER SCH-VARIOUS

Amends the School Code. Provides that waivers may not be requested from laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to educator licensure (currently, teacher certification). Provides that it is the duty of the State Board of Education to maintain a division of audits whose duty it shall be to establish a system to perform audits, on a sample basis, of all claims for state moneys relative to the public school system of Illinois. Deletes provisions regarding the comprehensive educational plan and replaces it with provisions that the State Board of Education shall annually submit a budget recommendation to the Governor and General Assembly that contains recommendations for funding for pre-school through grade 12. Repeals a Section of the Code regarding alcohol and substance abuse education programs. Makes other changes to the Code. Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that in all new applications (instead of in all new applications submitted to the State Board of Education or a school board) to establish a charter school in Chicago, operation shall be limited to one campus. Makes changes concerning charter school referendums, submission of charter school proposals, appeals, the payment of funding, the provision of technical assistance, and transition impact aid. Repeals the Chicago Community Schools Study Commission Act, the Education Cost-Effectiveness Agenda Act, and the Conservation Education Act. 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=09800HB5588&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80655&DocNum=5588&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5588eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80655&DocNum=5588&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5588enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80655&DocNum=5588&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank J. Mautino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Frank J. Mautino `filing`
- **2014-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-13** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
- **2014-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** Do Pass Education; 011-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
- **2014-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2014
- **2014-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-07-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-16** Effective Date July 16, 2014
- **2014-07-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0739 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5054fbb2-007c-409c-99c9-d866c6ae10da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).