SB 903 — SCH CD-SUMMER KINDERGARTEN
Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0472
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2003. Enacted.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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11 sponsors
0 primary, 11 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (4 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Amends the School Code. Allows a school board to establish, maintain, and operate a summer kindergarten program that begins 2 months before the beginning of the regular school year and a summer kindergarten program for grade one readiness for those pupils making unsatisfactory progress during the regular kindergarten session that will continue for 2 months after the regular school year. Provides that the summer kindergarten program may be held within the school district or, pursuant to a contract that must be approved by the State Board of Education, may be operated by 2 or more adjacent school districts or by a public or private university or college. Effective immediately.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
25 added · 27 removedPlain-language change summary
The recent changes to SB 903 involve the addition of specific language that clarifies certain provisions in the bill, while some less essential language has been removed. This adjustment is significant as it can provide clearer guidance for implementation and enforcement, ensuring that the bill's objectives are better understood and achieved. Overall, these edits enhance the readability and effectiveness of the legislation.
SB903 EngrossedEnrolled LRB093 07266 NHT 07424 b AN ACT concerning education.
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Action History
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Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0472
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Effective Date August 8, 2003
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Governor Approved
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Sent to the Governor
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Passed Both Houses
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 032-025-001
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Education; 007-004-000
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Education
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Susan Garrett
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Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 22, 2003.
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Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-016
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
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Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles G. Morrow, III
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
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House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Monique D. Davis
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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 016-000-000
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
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Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
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Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Monique D. Davis
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
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Arrived in House
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Chief House Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
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Third Reading - Passed; 041-014-000
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
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Second Reading
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
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Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2003
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Do Pass Education; 011-000-000
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Assigned to Education
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Referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett
Sponsors
- Costa Howard · Cosponsor
- Susan Garrett · Cosponsor
- Mary E. Flowers · Cosponsor
- Robert "Bob" Rita · Cosponsor
- Kathleen A. Ryg · Cosponsor
- III Charles G. Morrow · Cosponsor
- Jack D. Franks · Cosponsor
- III Emil Jones · Cosponsor
- Patrick J. Joyce · Cosponsor
- Lakesia Collins · Cosponsor
- Chapa LaVia · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 172 not signed on · 1 voted No
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (11)
- Costa Howard
- Susan Garrett
- Mary E. Flowers
- Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat
- Kathleen A. Ryg
- Charles G. Morrow, III
- Jack D. Franks
- Emil Jones, III Democrat
- Patrick J. Joyce Democrat
- Lakesia Collins Democrat
- Chapa LaVia
Not signed on (172)
172 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 172 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 25 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 32 | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 54% | 42% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Nay |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Nay |
| Burzynski | — | Nay |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Nay |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Nay |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Obama | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Nay |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Nay |
| Brady | — | Nay |
| Petka | — | Nay |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Nay |
| Jones, J. | — | Nay |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Jones, W. | — | Nay |
| Watson | — | Nay |
| Sieben | — | Nay |
| Soden | — | Nay |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Winkel | — | Nay |
| Wojcik | — | Nay |
| Woolard | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Nay |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Not Voting |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Not Voting |
| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Nay |
| Rauschenberger | — | Nay |
| Righter | — | Nay |
| Risinger | — | Nay |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Nay |
| Rutherford | — | Nay |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emanuel "Chris" Welch | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 86 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 98 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| % of votes cast | 83% | 0% | 0% | 17% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Not Voting |
| Sommer | — | Not Voting |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Aguilar | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Not Voting |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Not Voting |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Not Voting |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| May | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Not Voting |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Capparelli | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| Morrow | — | Not Voting |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Not Voting |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| O'Brien | — | Yea |
| Parke | — | Not Voting |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Lindner | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| McKeon | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Bailey | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Joseph | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Franks | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | Yea |
| Giles | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Kurtz | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Munson | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Novak | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Not Voting |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Not Voting |
| Slone | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Tenhouse | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Davis, Steve | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Eileen | — | Not Voting |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Winters | — | Not Voting |
| Wirsing | — | Not Voting |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Churchill | — | Yea |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Cultra | — | Not Voting |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Daniels | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Not Voting |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Grunloh | — | Yea |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Hultgren | — | Not Voting |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Not Voting |
| Pankau | — | Not Voting |
| Coulson | — | Not Voting |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael J. Kelly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicholas K. Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Patrick J. Joyce | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Yea |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Brad Stephens | Republican | Yea |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 35 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 41 | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 69% | 24% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Yea |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Yea |
| Burzynski | — | Nay |
| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Nay |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Nay |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Yea |
| Obama | — | Not Voting |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Philip | — | Not Voting |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Nay |
| Silverstein | — | Not Voting |
| Brady | — | Nay |
| Petka | — | Nay |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Jones, J. | — | Nay |
| Jones, W. | — | Nay |
| Watson | — | Nay |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Winkel | — | Yea |
| Wojcik | — | Yea |
| Woolard | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Yea |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Nay |
| Rauschenberger | — | Nay |
| Righter | — | Nay |
| Risinger | — | Yea |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Nay |
| Rutherford | — | Yea |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emanuel "Chris" Welch | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Nay |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 903 do?
- Amends the School Code. Allows a school board to establish, maintain, and operate a summer kindergarten program that begins 2 months before the beginning of the regular school year and a summer kindergarten program for grade one readiness for those pupils making unsatisfactory progress during the regular kindergarten session that will continue for 2 months after the regular school year. Provides that the summer kindergarten program may be held within the school district or, pursuant to a contract that must be approved by the State Board of Education, may be operated by 2 or more adjacent school districts or by a public or private university or college. Effective immediately.
- Who sponsors SB 903?
- SB 903 is sponsored by Costa Howard, Susan Garrett, Mary E. Flowers, Robert "Bob" Rita (Democrat), Kathleen A. Ryg, Charles G. Morrow, III, Jack D. Franks, Emil Jones, III (Democrat), Patrick J. Joyce (Democrat), Lakesia Collins (Democrat), and Chapa LaVia.
- What is the current status of SB 903?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2003. Enacted.
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