Illinois House Bill 4926

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district, other than the Chicago school district, shall employ a sufficient number of school counselors to maintain a student-counselor ratio of 150 to 1 (rather than allowing the school district to employ a sufficient number of school counselors to maintain the national and State recommended student-counselor ratio of 250 to 1). Requires the Chicago Board of Education to employ a sufficient number of licensed school counselors to maintain a student-counselor ratio of 100 to 1 (rather than encouraging the board to employ a sufficient number of licensed school counselors to maintain a student/counselor ratio of 250 to 1).

SCH CD-SCHOOL COUNSELORS

Rep. Marcus Evans [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-17	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
2026-02-06	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-06	House	First Reading
2026-02-04	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	10-22.24b	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	34-18	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	34-18.88	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4926&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=166272&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=207618&DocName=10400HB4926&DocNum=4926&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=166272&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=