Illinois House Bill 5621 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Provides that as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 2015-2016 school year or a subsequent school year must successfully complete (i) 4 (instead of 3) years of mathematics, which may include math-intensive courses outside of traditional mathematics courses (instead of one of which must be Algebra I and one of which must include geometry content), and (ii) 3 (instead of 2) years of science, one of which must be a laboratory science. Provides that, when applicable, math-intensive courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other graduation requirements.

SCH CD-HIGH SCH COURSE REQ

Rep. Mike Fortner [R]

Rep. Linda LaVia [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2014-03-28	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2014-03-26	House	Remains in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
2014-03-26	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote
2014-03-24	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
2014-03-21	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2014-03-21	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner
2014-03-04	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2014-02-27	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
2014-02-14	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2014-02-14	House	First Reading
2014-02-13	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	27-22	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5621&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5621.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5621ham001.htm