Illinois House Bill 5288 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Passed on August 15 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0918
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Deletes existing provisions regarding school counseling services in public schools. Provides that school counseling services in public schools may be provided by school counselors, as defined under the Code, or by individuals who hold a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement in the area of school counseling under the Code. Sets forth a list of school counseling services. Provides that school districts may employ a sufficient number of school counselors to maintain the national and State recommended student-counselor ratio of 250 to 1. Further provides that school districts may have counselors spend at least 80% of their work time in direct contact with students. Provides that none of the provisions added by the amendatory Act prohibits other qualified professionals, including other endorsed school support personnel, from providing the listed services. Effective immediately.

SCH CD-COUNSELING SERVICES

Rep. Linda LaVia [D]	Rep. John D'Amico [D]	Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [D]	Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth [D]
Sen. Iris Martinez [D]

2014-05-21 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 57 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-04-01 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 113 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-08-15	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0918
2014-08-15	House	Effective Date August 15, 2014
2014-08-15	House	Governor Approved
2014-06-19	House	Sent to the Governor
2014-05-21	House	Passed Both Houses
2014-05-21	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
2014-05-07	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2014
2014-05-07	Senate	Second Reading
2014-04-29	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
2014-04-29	Senate	Do Pass Education; 011-000-000
2014-04-23	Senate	Assigned to Education
2014-04-03	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2014-04-03	Senate	First Reading
2014-04-02	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
2014-04-01	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 2, 2014
2014-04-01	Senate	Arrive in Senate
2014-04-01	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000
2014-03-24	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2014-03-24	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2014-03-20	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2014-03-20	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 012-000-000
2014-03-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
2014-03-10	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
2014-03-03	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
2014-02-28	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
2014-02-07	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2014-02-07	House	First Reading
2014-02-06	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	10-22.24b	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5288&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5288.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5288eng.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5288enr.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/98/098-0918.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/98/house/09800HB5288_04012014_003000T.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/98/senate/09800HB5288_05212014_038000T.pdf