Below you will find links to detailed information about the status of current education-related bills in the Legislature. Click on the bill number to access the Illinois General Assembly website containing full text and all actions associated with the bill.
| Bill # | Description | Position | Topic | Status | Fact Sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 1 | Evidence-based school funding | No Position | Other | Passed Senate 035-018-003 – Amended/Passed House 060-052-000 – Senate Concurs | |
| SB 9 | Revenue, including income tax increase | No Position | Revenue | Passed Senate 032-026-000 – In House Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading | |
| SB 11 | Unconstitutional pension reform | Opposed | Pensions | Failed 018-029-010 | |
| SB 13 | Privatizes public services, freezes local revenue | Opposed | Other | 3rd Reading Deadline Established as 5/31/2017 | |
| SB 261 | Provides school districts the discretion to use their transportation funding to assist homeless students and their families with rental or mortgage insurance. | Support | Other | Referred to Assignments | |
| HB 768 | This initiative would create a charter school application process where only locally elected school boards and parents could decide if a charter school is good for their community. The amendment allows a charter applicant to appeal to the courts under judicial review if it is believed the application review process was not performed as outlined in statute. | Support | Charter Schools & Vouchers | Passed House 061-046-000 – Passed Senate 033-017-002 | Fact Sheet |
| HB 3021 | Directs ISBE to implement a program and adopt rules to allow temporary staffing firms to contract with school districts to provide substitute teachers for elementary and secondary public schools. Prohits school districts from using temporary staffing firms to circumvent collective bargaining agreements or laws. | No Position | Other | Re-referred to Rules Committee | |
| SB 1740 | Transitions from a four-rating evaluation system to a two-rating system (ineffective (UNS)/Effective (NI, PROF & EXC)). Converts prior evaluations to new two-rating system. Reduces the number of RIF groups from four to three. Eliminates the 4th group for "excellent" performing educators and subcategories in 2nd group. Removes the mandate that student growth be a part of a teacher's evaluation in 2018-19 school year. Allows it if district and union agree. Requires the PERA joint committee to meet at least once annually and changes its work from student growth to ongoing improvement of evaluation plans and development of PD opportunities. Requires each district to locally bargain an appeals process for teachers receiving an ineffective rating. | No Position | PERA | Re-referrerd to Assignments | |
| HB 3022 | Transitions from a four-rating evaluation system to a two-rating system (ineffective (UNS)/Effective (NI, PROF & EXC)). Converts prior evaluations to new two-rating system. Reduces the number of RIF groups from four to three. Eliminates the 4th group for "excellent" performing educators and subcategories in 2nd group. Removes the mandate that student growth be a part of a teacher's evaluation in 2018-19 school year. Allows it if district and union agree. Requires the PERA joint committee to meet at least once annually and changes its work from student growth to ongoing improvement of evaluation plans and development of PD opportunities. Requires each district to locally bargain an appeals process for teachers receiving an ineffective rating. | No Position | PERA | Re-referred to Rules Committee | |
| HR 27 | States the opinion that the proposed educational pension cost shift from the State of Illinois to local school districts, community colleges, and institutions of higher education is financially wrong | Support | Other | Assigned to Committee | Fact Sheet |
| HR 38 | States the opinion that the proposed educational pension cost shift from the State of Illinois to local school districts, community colleges, and institutions of higher education is financially wrong | Support | Other | Assigned to Committee | Fact Sheet |
| HR 304 | Encourages all officers and employees of the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois Department of Human Services, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the Illinois Department of Corrections to become informed regarding well-documented detrimental short-term and long-term impacts to children and adults from serious traumatic childhood experiences; and implement evidence-based interventions and practices that are proven to be successful in developing resiliency in children and adults currently suffering from trauma-related disorders to help them recover from their trauma and function at their full capacity and potential in school, the workplace, and community, family, and interpersonal relationships. | Support | Other | Resolution Adopted | |
| SB 16 | Unconstitutional pension benefit cuts to IEA members in TRS and SURS - bill also impacts IMRF | Opposed | Pensions | Passed Senate 031-021-000 Referred to Committee in House | Fact Sheet |
| HB 4027 | Unconstitutional pension benefit cuts to IEA members in TRS and SURS - bill also impacts IMRF | Opposed | Pensions | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading | Fact Sheet |
| HB 4045 | Unconstitutional pension benefit cuts to IEA members in TRS and SURS - bill also impacts IMRF | Opposed | Pensions | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading | Fact Sheet |
| SR 545 | States the opinion that the proposed educational pension cost shift from the State of Illinois to local school districts, community colleges, and institutions of higher education is financially wrong | Support | Other | Referred to Assignments | Fact Sheet |