# Illinois SB1231: SCH ED-SPECIAL ED FACILITIES Illinois SB1231, SCH ED-SPECIAL ED FACILITIES, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Meg Loughran Cappel (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-08-15 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0368); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1231-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB1231 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: SCH ED-SPECIAL ED FACILITIES - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-24 - Last action: 2025-08-15, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0368 - Sponsor: Meg Loughran Cappel (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: assignments, education, education policy - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (210 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Allows the school district to initiate an impartial due process hearing within 14 (rather than 5) days of any written parent request for an independent educational evaluation to show that its evaluation is appropriate. Requires an independent educational evaluation at public expense to be completed within 60 school days (rather than 30 days) of a parent's written request unless the school district initiates an impartial due process hearing or the parent or school district offers reasonable grounds to show that such time period should be extended. Provides that if the due process hearing decision indicates that the parent is entitled to an independent educational evaluation, it must be completed within 60 school days (rather than 30 days) of the decision unless the parent or the school district offers reasonable grounds to show that such period should be extended. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Families face longer independent evaluation deadlines: cost, low. After a parent's written request for an independent educational evaluation, school districts have 7 school days to start a hearing. That is up from 5 school days, and the hearing lets districts defend their own evaluation. For parents entitled to publicly funded evaluations, the completion deadline… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Meg Loughran Cappel (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Maura Hirschauer (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-22 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 115 | 0 | | | 2025-04-30 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Education Policy Committee; | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2025-04-09 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 56 | 0 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Do Pass Education; | pass | 13 | 0 | | ## Actions (31) - 2025-08-15: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0368 (Senate) - 2025-08-15: Effective Date January 1, 2026 (Senate) - 2025-08-15: Governor Approved (Senate) - 2025-06-20: Sent to the Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Passed Both Houses (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 (House) - 2025-05-13: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-13: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-30: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-30: Do Pass / Short Debate Education Policy Committee; 012-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-17: Assigned to Education Policy Committee (House) - 2025-04-17: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-17: First Reading (House) - 2025-04-14: Chief House Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer (House) - 2025-04-09: Arrived in House (House) - 2025-04-09: Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Loughran-Cappel (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Recalled to Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 014-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Assigned to Education (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-01-24: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1231eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1231enr.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1231.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1231sam001.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1231eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1231enr.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1231.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1231sam001.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1231-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).