HB 1838 Illinois House · 104th Regular Session

SCH CD-SELECTIVE ADMISSIONS

Summary

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board of a school district with 275,000 students or more shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school. Effective immediately.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 8, 2025 Last action Jun 2, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 1 edit · Apr 7, 2025

MINOR

The bill text has been updated from its original introduction to its final engrossed version, incorporating any amendments passed by the legislature. This process ensures the final law reflects the agreed-upon text before it is signed into law.

TECHNICAL

The document header was updated to reflect the bill's status as 'Engrossed' rather than 'Introduced', and the tracking number was adjusted to match the final legislative version.

Floor votes · House Apr 7, 2025

How they voted

107–0

Passed · 11 other

Total votes 118

Apr 7, 2025

D Democratic78

68 Yea 10

87% Yea

R Republican40

39 Yea 1

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 2, 2025

Committee

Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

upper

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), the following amendments will remain in the Committee on Assignments

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As June 1, 2025

upper

May 22, 2025

Committee

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

upper

May 22, 2025

Introduced

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Willie Preston

upper

May 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025

upper

Apr 23, 2025

Committee

Assigned to Education

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Committee

Referred to Assignments

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Introduced

Arrive in Senate

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Do Pass / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 013-000-000

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Committee

Assigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education

lower

Jan 29, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules Committee

lower

2 primary · 3 co-sponsors