# Illinois SB3391: SCH CD-CHARTER SCHOOL-CLOSURE

Illinois SB3391, SCH CD-CHARTER SCHOOL-CLOSURE, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Celina Villanueva (Democratic); status passed senate, last action 2026-05-31 (Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Illinois SB3391
- State: Illinois
- Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026)
- Title: SCH CD-CHARTER SCHOOL-CLOSURE
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-04
- Last action: 2026-05-31, Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- Sponsor: Celina Villanueva (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Subjects: assignments, executive, elementary & secondary education: administration, licensing & charter schools
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (57 yes, 32 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that upon approval of a charter renewal by an authorizer, the charter operator shall execute the renewal agreement no later than 90 days after the date of the authorizer's final renewal approval. Provides that a charter school that is deemed nonrenewed is ineligible to receive any payments from a school district. Provides that a charter operator that fails to execute a renewal agreement within a specified period may not continue to operate the charter school beyond the expiration of the existing charter term and is subject to closure procedures. Requires every charter operator to maintain closure security. Provides that failure to maintain closure security is a basis for the authorizer to withhold a portion of per-pupil payments until compliance is achieved and for consideration in denying a charter renewal or revoking the charter or ineligibility to operate additional charter campuses. Provides that if the closure security is insufficient to cover the costs of a closure event, the authorizer or the State Board of Education may bring a civil action against the charter operator to recover the unpaid amounts and seek to impose a lien on any property owned by the charter operator to secure recovery. Provides that if an authorizer determines that a charter school is in financial distress, the authorizer may require the charter operator to submit a financial remediation plan within 30 days. Provides that if the authorizer determines that the charter school has failed to implement an approved remediation plan or the financial distress presents an immediate risk to students, employees, or public funds, the authorizer may initiate financial intervention by appointing an independent fiscal manager approved by the authorizer and the State Board. Allows the fiscal manager to exercise authority limited to financial matters. Provides that financial intervention is temporary and may not exceed 180 days, except that the authorizer may extend the intervention once for good cause. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Celina Villanueva (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Aarón M. Ortíz (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Cristina Castro (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Karina Villa (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ram Villivalam (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-21 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 31 | 21 | 1 |
| 2026-05-20 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; | pass | 8 | 4 |   |
| 2026-05-06 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; | pass | 9 | 4 |   |
| 2026-03-11 | Senate | Do Pass Executive; | pass | 9 | 3 |   |

## Actions (43)

- 2026-05-31: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee (House)
- 2026-05-28: Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz (House)
- 2026-05-27: Substitute House Sponsorship Request Referred to Rules Committee (House)
- 2026-05-27: Substitute House Sponsorship Request Filed Pursuant Rule 37(c) Senator Celina Villanueva (House)
- 2026-05-21: Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2026 (House)
- 2026-05-21: Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools (House)
- 2026-05-21: Referred to Rules Committee (House)
- 2026-05-21: First Reading (House)
- 2026-05-21: Chief House Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones (House)
- 2026-05-21: Arrived in House (House)
- 2026-05-21: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) (Senate)
- 2026-05-21: Third Reading - Passed; 031-021-001 (Senate)
- 2026-05-21: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2026-05-21: Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Villanueva (Senate)
- 2026-05-21: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Villanueva (Senate)
- 2026-05-21: Recalled to Second Reading (Senate)
- 2026-05-20: Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 008-004-000 (Senate)
- 2026-05-20: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive (Senate)
- 2026-05-15: Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-05-13: Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Executive (Senate)
- 2026-05-13: Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments (Senate)
- 2026-05-13: Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Celina Villanueva (Senate)
- 2026-05-08: Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 009-004-000 (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive (Senate)
- 2026-05-05: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments (Senate)
- 2026-05-05: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Celina Villanueva (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 29, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: Second Reading (Senate)
- 2026-04-22: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 8, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Celina Villanueva (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Do Pass Executive; 009-003-000 (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Assigned to Executive (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Referred to Assignments (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: First Reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Celina Villanueva (Senate)

## Bill text

- Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3391eng.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3391.pdf)
- Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3391sam001.pdf)
- Senate Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3391sam002.pdf)
- Senate Amendment 3: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3391sam003.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/10400SB3391eng.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3391.pdf)
- [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3391sam001.pdf)
- [Senate Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3391sam002.pdf)
- [Senate Amendment 3 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3391sam003.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3391-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).