Illinois 96th Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 3608 — SCH CD-CONSUMER ED PROF TEST

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1061

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 11, 2010. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    0 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the School Code. Removes a provision requiring a consumer education proficiency test to be administered that allows a pupil to be excused from the requirement that he or she have consumer education instruction. Effective July 1, 2010.

Bill Text

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5 added · 5 removed

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In the latest version of Bill SB 3608, five lines of text were added while five lines were also removed. This suggests that the bill has been revised to clarify its language or update certain provisions, which can help ensure that the legislation is more effective or easier to understand. These changes matter because clear communication can lead to better implementation and compliance with the law.

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SB3608 Engrossed LRB096 18682 NHT 34066 b AN ACT concerning education.
SB3608 Enrolled LRB096 18682 NHT 34066 b AN ACT concerning education.
(a) Pupils Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, pupils in the public schools in grades 9 through 12 shall be taught and be required to study courses which include instruction in the area of consumer education, including but not necessarily limited to (i) understanding the basic concepts of financial literacy, including installment purchasing (including credit scoring, managing credit debt, and completing a loan application), budgeting, savings and investing, banking (including balancing a checkbook, opening a deposit account, and the use of interest rates), understanding simple contracts, State and federal income taxes, personal insurance policies, the comparison of prices, and homeownership (including the basic process of obtaining a mortgage and the concepts of fixed and adjustable rate mortgages, subprime loans, and predatory lending), and (ii) understanding the roles of consumers interacting with SB3608 Engrossed - 2 - LRB096 18682 NHT 34066 b agriculture, business, labor unions and government in formulating and achieving the goals of the mixed free enterprise system.
(a) Pupils Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, pupils in the public schools in grades 9 through 12 shall be taught and be required to study courses which include instruction in the area of consumer education, including but not necessarily limited to (i) understanding the basic concepts of financial literacy, including installment purchasing (including credit scoring, managing credit debt, and completing a loan application), budgeting, savings and investing, banking (including balancing a checkbook, opening a deposit account, and the use of interest rates), understanding simple contracts, State and federal income taxes, personal insurance policies, the comparison of prices, and homeownership (including the basic process of obtaining a mortgage and the concepts of fixed and adjustable rate mortgages, subprime loans, and predatory lending), and (ii) understanding the roles of consumers interacting with SB3608 Enrolled - 2 - LRB096 18682 NHT 34066 b agriculture, business, labor unions and government in formulating and achieving the goals of the mixed free enterprise system.
The test shall be devised and developed by the State Board of Education each year in a standardized manner to allow any pupil who takes the same and who achieves a score thereon which is not less than the minimum score established by the State Board of Education for the test so taken to thereby demonstrate sufficient proficiency in the area of consumer education as shall excuse such pupil from the necessity of receiving, as a SB3608 Engrossed - 3 - LRB096 18682 NHT 34066 b prerequisite to graduation from high school and receipt of a high school diploma, the minimum amount of instruction in a consumer education curriculum otherwise required by subsection (a) and the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
The test shall be devised and developed by the State Board of Education each year in a standardized manner to allow any pupil who takes the same and who achieves a score thereon which is not less than the minimum score established by the State Board of Education for the test so taken to thereby demonstrate sufficient proficiency in the area of consumer education as shall excuse such pupil from the necessity of receiving, as a SB3608 Enrolled - 3 - LRB096 18682 NHT 34066 b prerequisite to graduation from high school and receipt of a high school diploma, the minimum amount of instruction in a consumer education curriculum otherwise required by subsection (a) and the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
SB3608 Engrossed - 4 - LRB096 18682 NHT 34066 b (4) Funding activities, including books, games, field trips, computers, and other activities, related to financial literacy education.
SB3608 Enrolled - 4 - LRB096 18682 NHT 34066 b (4) Funding activities, including books, games, field trips, computers, and other activities, related to financial literacy education.
This Act takes effect July 1, SB3608 Engrossed - 5 - LRB096 18682 NHT 34066 b 2010.
This Act takes effect July 1, SB3608 Enrolled - 5 - LRB096 18682 NHT 34066 b 2010.
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How this bill changes current law

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The bill modifies the School Code to enhance consumer education requirements for high school students, including the establishment of financial literacy measures and grant funding.

  • 105 ILCS 5/27-12.1

    provided that no pupil shall be permitted to take the test more than once in any school year.

    Removes the restriction on the number of times a pupil can take the consumer education proficiency test in a school year.

  • 105 ILCS 5/27-12.1

    which is not less than the minimum score established by the State Board of Education for the test so taken → which is not less than the minimum score established by the State Board of Education for the test taken

    Clarifies the phrasing regarding the minimum score for proficiency in consumer education.

Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1061

  2. Effective Date July 14, 2010

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000

  7. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black

  8. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  9. Second Reading - Short Debate

  10. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis

  11. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi

  12. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  13. Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000

  14. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Roger L. Eddy

  15. Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  16. Referred to Rules Committee

  17. First Reading

  18. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  19. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe

  20. Arrived in House

  21. Third Reading - Passed; 042-000-000

  22. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

  23. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2010

  24. Second Reading

  25. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2010

  26. Do Pass Education; 011-000-000

  27. Assigned to Education

  28. Referred to Assignments

  29. First Reading

  30. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio

Sponsors

  • Deanna Demuzio · Cosponsor
  • Monique D. Davis · Cosponsor
  • William B. Black · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 180 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (3)

  • Deanna Demuzio
  • Monique D. Davis
  • William B. Black

Not signed on (180)

180 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 110 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 96005
Democrat 11001
Republican 3001
Total 110007
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (117)
Member Party Vote
Myers — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Reis — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Lang — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Mautino — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Mell — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Thapedi — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Wait — Yea
Bradley — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Brady — Yea
Burke — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Gordon, Careen — Yea
Gordon, Jehan — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Cavaletto — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Cole — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Farnham — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Watson — Yea
McAuliffe — Not Voting
Howard — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Verschoore — Not Voting
Washington — Yea
Harris — Not Voting
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Zalewski — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Connelly — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Hatcher — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Osmond — Not Voting
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Riley — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Senger — Yea
Sente — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Mathias — Not Voting
Berrios — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Burns — Yea
Carberry — Yea
McAsey — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mark L. Walker Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Robyn Gabel Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Not Voting
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Not Voting
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 42 Yea · 0 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 340015
Democrat 7002
Republican 1000
Total 420017
% of votes cast 71%0%0%29%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Noland — Yea
Lauzen — Not Voting
Link — Yea
Maloney — Yea
McCarter — Yea
Meeks — Not Voting
Demuzio — Yea
Millner — Not Voting
Jacobs — Yea
Muñoz — Not Voting
Pankau — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Silverstein — Not Voting
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Not Voting
Wilhelmi — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Brady — Not Voting
Burzynski — Yea
Clayborne — Not Voting
Cronin — Not Voting
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
Dillard — Not Voting
Duffy — Not Voting
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Not Voting
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Not Voting
Luechtefeld — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Not Voting
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
DeLeo — Not Voting
Garrett — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Not Voting
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Not Voting
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 3608 do?
Amends the School Code. Removes a provision requiring a consumer education proficiency test to be administered that allows a pupil to be excused from the requirement that he or she have consumer education instruction. Effective July 1, 2010.
Who sponsors SB 3608?
SB 3608 is sponsored by Deanna Demuzio, Monique D. Davis, and William B. Black.
What is the current status of SB 3608?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 11, 2010. Enacted.
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