SB1983
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What this bill does
Amends the School Code. Removes language providing that a local program for the education of gifted and talented children may be approved for funding by the State Board of Education if funds for that purpose are available and if the local program submits an application for funds that includes a comprehensive plan. Removes language providing that the State Board of Education staff person in charge of educational programs for gifted and talented children shall be responsible for developing an approval process for educational programs for gifted and talented children. With respect to the evidence-based funding provisions, provides that in the adequacy target calculation, each organizational unit shall receive $40 per kindergarten through grade 12 for advanced academic programs (rather than for gifted investments). Makes related changes.
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Current stage: Signed into Law · Last action 251 days ago
How does a bill become law in Illinois?
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Introduction of Bill
A member of the Senate or the House introduces a bill, which is assigned a unique identifying number (e.g., "H.B. ___" for House bills and "S.B. ___" for Senate bills). If not enacted, it must be reintroduced in the next General Assembly with a new number.
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Committee Work — Hearings
The bill goes to the appropriate committee, which holds hearings to gather expert opinions and determine the need for the legislation.
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Committee Work — Markup, Amendments, Report
The committee may make amendments to the bill. If approved, a committee report endorsing the bill is issued.
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Floor Debate
The bill is debated and can be further amended. The debate transcripts are accessible online for public viewing.
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Passage and Consideration in Second Chamber
If the bill passes in the first chamber, it moves to the second chamber for a similar review process. If both chambers approve, it goes to the governor.
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Gubernatorial Action
The governor can sign the bill into law, veto it, or take no action (resulting in an automatic law after 60 days). The type of veto can be total or amendatory. Once signed, the bill becomes a Public Act and is assigned a Public Act number.
Sponsor Context
Bills sponsored by Mary Edly-Allen advance 4% more often than the chamber average.
Public Engagement
Witness slips
110 slips filed. Proponent / opponent / no position as filed with the committee.
| Name | Organization | Representing | Position | Hearing committee | Hearing date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailin Shaw MS | self | self as parent | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Bridget Heroff | Self | self as parent | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Catherine J Dykes | self | self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Cristina Cabrera | self | Self, parent and teacher | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Dana Horn JD MA | Self | Self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Deanna Markos | Illinois Association for Gifted Children | Self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Debra Faletti | self | self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Dr Rebecca Cross | self | Self as physician | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Edith Jenkins-Rudolf | self | self as gifted teacher | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Elizabeth Stock | self | self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Elizabeth Pauls | self | self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Fiona Tillman | Self | Self as parent | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Ginny Fitzgerald | retired | self as grandparent | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Helene S Spak | Self | Self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Jackie Jahnke | Self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 | |
| Jeanine Buishas MS | self | self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Jessica Anderson | CPS | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 | |
| Joanna Moran | self | self as tutor | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Jodi Briggs | Self | Self as teacher of gifted and talented students | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Josephine Barzowski MS of Arts in Reading Instruction | self | self as enrichment teacher | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Joshua Brewer | Self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 | |
| Julie A Luck Jensen | self | Self as retired school administrator | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Julie Alice Devaud | Truman Community College | Self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Katie Chow | Self | Self, as a teacher and a parent | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Kenyatta Revelle | Self | Self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Kerrie FABBRI | self | self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Kristen McElligatt MS | Self | Illinois Association for gifted children | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Laura Beltchenko | Lay person educational representative for a committee of the ISBE | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 | |
| Laura OConnor | Self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 | |
| Lee Ferron JD | Self | Self as parent | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Leslie Loboda MAEd NBCT | Woodridge 68 | Self as Gifted Coordinator | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Linda Wallin | Debit | myself | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Mark Flax | Self | Self as parent | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Mary F Khawaja | self | self as parent | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Nancy Stream MA | self | self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Pamela Shaw | Illinois Association for Gifted Children | Illinois Association for Gifted Children | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Patricia Haney | self | self | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Phil Milsk | Law Offices of Phil Milsk | Illinois Association for Gifted Children | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Pranav Kiran Parekh | Self | Self as parent | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Randy Lange PhD | Self | Self as retired teacher | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Sara Tomasevich | Edgewood School | Self as Parent, Self as Gifted Teacher | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Shannon Schroeder | self | self as teacher in a gifted program in IL | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Susan Corwith PhD | self | self as gifted program administrator and researcher | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Tabitha Flax | Self | Self as parent | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Veronica J Tabet MAT | Self | Self, as Gifted Teacher | Proponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Alexa Dunn | Oak Grove School | self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Allyn Ricci | Sandwich CUSD 430 | Self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Amanda Tomaszewski | Na | Parent | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Amy Jacobs | Science and Arts Academy | Amy Jacobs | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Amy Rubin | Deerfield School District | Teachers | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Andrea Yassemedis | Self | Parents | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Angel Alvarez | self | parent | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Annina Meacham | Self | Self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Aurora Pedraza | Mage | Aurora | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Beth Kronfeld | Self | Self and my gifted children | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Brian Bullis | Fremont School District 79 | Assistant Superintendent of Learning | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Bridget Heroff | IAGC | Gifted Children | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Carrie Haller | Union Ridge School D86 | IAGC members and Illinois gifted students | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Catherine Dykes | self | self as teacher and parent | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Chris Cook | Indian Prairie School district | IAGC Cowlishaw Elementary School a part of Indian Prairie School District 204 | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| CHRISTINE Craddock | self | self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Christopher Cook | IAGC Cowlishaw Elementary School a part of Indian Prairie School District 204 | IAGC Cowlishaw Elementary School a part of Indian Prairie School District 204 | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Colleen Bailey | Crystal Lake Friends of Gifted Education | Self, parents & teachers | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Deanna Markos | Illinois Association for Gifted Children | Self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Debra Faletti | self | self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Denise D Munro | Steeple Run Elementary School | Teacher | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Diana Rea | Illinois Association for Gifted Children | Illinois Association for Gifted Children | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Elizabeth Pauls | self | self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Emmie Pawlak | Cicero School District 99 | IAGC | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Helene S Spak | Self | Self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| irene gottlieb | MIDWEST ACADEMY FOR GIFTED EDUCATION | self and family, also my constituents at my school | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Jeanine Buishas | self | self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Jennifer Lynn | citizen | citizen | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Jennifer Renee Waldvogel | Yorkville High School | Parent of gifted child; public school educator | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Jennifer Sellers | Jefferson Elementary | Self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Jenny Sanchez | Self | Self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| JoAnn Wilk | Self | Self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Jodi Briggs | Self | Self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| JULIA SCALZO | McCarty Elementary School | self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Julie Bradshaw | sd129 | Self, teacher | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Kate Cichon | self | self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Kathleen M Nilles | Self, Retired Parent Specialist, Natl Assn Gifted Children | Self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Kenyatta Revelle | IAGC | IAGC | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Kimberly Koehler | Illinois Association for Gifted Children | IAGC | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Laura OConnor | Self | Self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Lauren Curry | Self | Self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Leanne Ellis | self | teacher, parent, self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Linda Wallin | Duncan Wallin Networking Associates | myself | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Lindsay Sudol | Illinois Association of Gifted Children | IAGC | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| LORI FORD | Barrington 220 | self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Lynn Sheridan | Emmons District 33 | none | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Margaret Knapik | West Northfield District 31 | West Northfield District 31 | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Matt Tomaszewski | NA | Self and Parent | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Mirielle Lynn Strasser | William F. Murphy Elementary | self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Molly E Merkey | Glenview District 34 | Teacher | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Molly Nechvatal | Illinois Assoc for Gifted Children | Illinois Association for Gifted Children | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Moran Kristy | None | I am a parent | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Moran Kristy | Self | Self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Pamela Shaw | Illinois Association for Gifted Children | Illinois Association for Gifted Childre | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Paula Sereleas | Plainfield CCSD 202 | Plainfield CCSD 202 | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Phil Milsk | Law Offices of Phil Milsk | Illinois Association for Gifted Children (IAGC) | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Sara Tomasevich | Edgewood School | Self, Parent, Teacher | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Sarah Hall | Self | Rockford Public Schools District 205 | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Susan Corwith | Center for Talent Development | teacher | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Thomas Edgar | NA | Students identified as gifted or talented | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Xiaoshu Li | Health Care Service Corporation | Xiaoshu Li | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Yolanda M Toni | Self | Self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Yvette Stahl | self | self | Proponent | Education | 2025-03-18 |
| Meg Knapik | West Northfield District 31 | self | Opponent | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
| Charles Cross | self | self as parent | No Position On Merits | Education Policy | 2025-04-23 |
Roll-call votes
Total votes and outcome per event. Deciding vote = margin of 1; those voters on the winning side could have changed the outcome by flipping.
| Date | Chamber | Type | Description | Yea | Nay | Present | NV | Outcome | Margin | Deciding voters |
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| H | Committee | Education Policy | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Passed | 12 | — | |
| 2025-05-22 | H | Floor | Third Reading | 112 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Passed | 112 | — |
| S | Committee | Education | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Passed | 14 | — | |
| S | Floor | Apr 09, 2025 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Passed | 56 | — |
Action History
31 actions recorded. Last action: 2025-08-01 — Public Act . . . . . . . . .104-0129. Each action's meaning and outcome signal are classified automatically.
All actions (table)
| Date | Chamber | Action | Category | Signal |
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| 2025-02-06 | Senate | Filed with Secretary bySen. Mary Edly-Allen Rule 2-7(b) | Introduction & Filing | — |
| 2025-02-06 | Senate | First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38 | Introduction & Filing | — |
| 2025-02-06 | Senate | Referred toAssignments Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a) | Committee Assignment | — |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Assigned toEducation Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b) | Committee Assignment | — |
| 2025-03-14 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary bySen. Mary Edly-Allen | Amendment Actions | — |
| 2025-03-14 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred toAssignments | Amendment Actions | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers toEducation | Amendment Actions | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted | Amendment Actions | Positive |
| 2025-03-19 | Senate | Do Pass as AmendedEducation; 014-000-000 Rule 3-11(a)(1), Rule 3-12(a) | Committee Action | Positive |
| 2025-03-19 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 Rule 3-12(a), Rule 4-4(7) | Floor Process | Positive |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Second Reading Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b) | Floor Process | Positive |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025 Rule 4-4(8) | Floor Process | Positive |
| 2025-04-04 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** Rule 4-4(8) | Floor Process | Positive |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading Rule 4-4(8) | Floor Process | Positive |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed;056-000-000 Rule 5-1(f) | Floor Vote | Positive |
| 2025-04-09 | House | Arrived in House Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12) | Cross-Chamber | Positive |
| 2025-04-09 | House | Chief House SponsorRep. Laura Faver Dias Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12) | Cross-Chamber | Positive |
| 2025-04-09 | House | First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38 | Introduction & Filing | — |
| 2025-04-09 | House | Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a) | Committee Assignment | — |
| 2025-04-14 | House | Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed toRep. Daniel Didech Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12) | Cross-Chamber | — |
| 2025-04-17 | House | Assigned toEducation Policy Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b) | Committee Assignment | — |
| 2025-04-23 | House | Do Pass / Short DebateEducation Policy Committee; 012-000-000 Senate Rule 3-11(a)(1); House Rule 22(a)(1), 52(b) | Committee Action | Positive |
| 2025-04-23 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52 | Floor Process | Positive |
| 2025-05-14 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b)/52(a)(1) | Floor Process | Positive |
| 2025-05-14 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate Rule 4-4(8) | Floor Process | Positive |
| 2025-05-22 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed112-000-000 Senate Rule 5-1(f)/7-1/7-2; House Rule 37(f)/49/50 | Floor Vote | Positive |
| 2025-05-22 | Senate | Passed Both Houses Rule 8-1, Rule 8-4 | Concurrence | Positive |
| 2025-06-20 | Senate | Sent to the Governor Senate Article IX/Rules 9-1 to 9-6; House Article IX/Rules 77-82 | Governor Action | Positive |
| 2025-08-01 | Senate | Governor Approved Senate Article IX/Rules 9-1 to 9-6; House Article IX/Rules 77-82 | Governor Action | Positive |
| 2025-08-01 | Senate | Effective Date January 1, 2026 Article IX | Enacted Into Law | Law |
| 2025-08-01 | Senate | Public Act . . . . . . . . .104-0129 Article IX | Enacted Into Law | Law |