Bill Text: IL HB4022 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Appropriates $2,950,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education to address shortages of school psychologists in this State through specified methods. Effective July 1, 2025.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-03-25 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II [HB4022 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB4022-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB4022 Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Appropriates $2,950,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education to address shortages of school psychologists in this State through specified methods. Effective July 1, 2025.
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AN ACT concerning appropriations.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The sum of $2,950,000, or so much of that sum as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
Fund to the Board of Higher Education to address shortages of
school psychologists in this State by expanding slots in
existing school psychology programs, hiring or contracting for
additional faculty or supervisors, and providing tuition
waivers and training stipends to students that prioritize
students of color.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2025.