# Illinois SB1583: SCH CD-SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT Illinois SB1583, SCH CD-SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Michael W. Halpin (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-08-15 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0385); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1583-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB1583 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: SCH CD-SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-04 - Last action: 2025-08-15, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0385 - Sponsor: Michael W. Halpin (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 3 - Subjects: assignments, education, elementary & secondary education: administration, licensing & charter schools - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 9 (339 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary Amends the Regional Superintendent of Schools Article of the School Code. Allows the State Superintendent of Education to designate a regional office of education or intermediate service center as a learning partner in any iteration of the statewide system of support so that services are provided to schools that are identified for school improvement under (i) the accountability system and (ii) the definition for Targeted, Comprehensive, or Intensive. Provides that the status of learning partner may be revoked at the State Superintendent's sole discretion. Effective July 1, 2025. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - School support applicants get pre-approval test exemption: benefit, low. Applicants seeking short-term approval for school support work do not need the content-area knowledge test before approval is issued. The exemption applies only to short-term approvals for school support personnel, as defined in state rules. - Regional partners can help schools improve: benefit, low. Illinois’s state education superintendent can name regional education offices or intermediate service centers as learning partners. These partners can serve schools identified for improvement under the state accountability system, including Targeted, Comprehensive, or Intensive schools. This author… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Michael W. Halpin (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Gregg Johnson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Paul Faraci (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sharon Chung (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-31 | Senate | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs | pass | 57 | 0 | | | 2025-05-31 | Senate | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs | pass | 57 | 0 | | | 2025-05-27 | Senate | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2025-05-27 | Senate | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2025-05-22 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 113 | 0 | | | 2025-05-07 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2025-04-30 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2025-04-09 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 56 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Do Pass Education; | pass | 12 | 0 | | ## Actions (51) - 2025-08-15: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0385 (Senate) - 2025-08-15: Effective Date January 1, 2026 (Senate) - 2025-08-15: Governor Approved (Senate) - 2025-06-27: Sent to the Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-31: Passed Both Houses (Senate) - 2025-05-31: Senate Concurs (Senate) - 2025-05-31: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 057-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-31: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-27: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 014-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-27: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 014-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-27: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Education (Senate) - 2025-05-27: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Education (Senate) - 2025-05-27: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-27: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Michael W. Halpin (Senate) - 2025-05-27: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-27: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Michael W. Halpin (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2, 1 - May 26, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 (House) - 2025-05-21: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson (House) - 2025-05-21: Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Sharon Chung (House) - 2025-05-13: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-13: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted (House) - 2025-05-13: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-07: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000 (House) - 2025-05-06: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools (House) - 2025-05-02: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-05-02: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Gregg Johnson (House) - 2025-05-01: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-30: Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 007-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-30: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; by Voice Vote (House) - 2025-04-29: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools (House) - 2025-04-23: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-23: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Gregg Johnson (House) - 2025-04-17: Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools (House) - 2025-04-09: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-09: First Reading (House) - 2025-04-09: Chief House Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson (House) - 2025-04-09: Arrived in House (House) - 2025-04-09: Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Do Pass Education; 012-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Assigned to Education (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-02-04: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Halpin (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1583eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1583enr.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1583ham001.pdf) - House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1583ham002.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1583.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/10400SB1583eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1583enr.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1583ham001.pdf) - [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1583ham002.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1583.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-SB1583-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).