Illinois Senate Bill 3540 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a pilot program in which public high school students who are credit deficient or in need of a non-traditional education are provided an online alternative to earning a high school diploma while still enrolled in their public high school. Provides that the pilot program shall allow eligible high school students to take online courses provided by an online career education program and taught by teachers certified by the online career education program while those students are attending their public high school, which shall allow a student to earn enough credits to graduate from his or her high school or to receive a high school diploma and career certificate from the online career education program. Requires the State Board to choose 5 public high schools to participate in the pilot program and develop a plan for online career education programs participating in the pilot program. Sets forth classifications of career educational programming that the plan must address, and requires the plan to evaluate whether a student's education can be better addressed through an Internet-based delivery of education that meets certain requirements. Provides for a report to the General Assembly and rulemaking. Effective immediately.

SCH CD-ONLINE ALTERNATIVE PROG

Sen. Toi Hutchinson [D]

Sen. James Clayborne [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2014-04-11	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2014-04-11	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2014-04-07	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
2014-04-03	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2014-04-03	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
2014-03-28	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2014
2014-03-26	Senate	Postponed - Education
2014-03-20	Senate	Postponed - Education
2014-03-05	Senate	Assigned to Education
2014-03-04	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
2014-02-14	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2014-02-14	Senate	First Reading
2014-02-14	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	2-3.160	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3540&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB3540.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB3540sam001.htm