Illinois House Bill 4792

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)
Status: Engrossed on April 9 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-04-27 - Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In a provision regarding the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program, changes the definition of "hard-to-staff school" to mean a public school that either (i) is identified as hard-to-staff based on data reported on its school report card or (ii) does not have a school report card but serves a student population in which 30% or more of the student enrollment is considered low-income as determined by the State Board of Education using available enrollment or funding data, and provides that the State Board may not deny a National Board certified teacher a retention bonus solely because the public school at which the teacher is employed does not have a school report card.

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Rep. Laura Faver Dias [D]	Rep. Carol Ammons [D]	Rep. Katie Stuart [D]	Rep. Sharon Chung [D]
Rep. Kevin Olickal [D]	Sen. Mary Edly-Allen [D]	Sen. Christopher Belt [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-27	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
2026-04-10	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2026-04-10	Senate	First Reading
2026-04-10	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
2026-04-10	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
2026-04-10	Senate	Arrive in Senate
2026-04-09	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
2026-04-09	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
2026-04-09	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2026-04-09	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-019-000
2026-04-08	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2026-04-08	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2026-03-26	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2026-03-25	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000
2026-03-12	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
2026-03-04	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
2026-02-06	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-06	House	First Reading
2026-02-02	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	21B-70	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4792&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=207295&DocName=10400HB4792&DocNum=4792&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=165949&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=207295&DocName=10400HB4792eng&DocNum=4792&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=165949&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=