SB1584 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)

SCH CD-SHORT-TERM APPROVALS
Last Action
08/01/2025 - Senate: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0111
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
105 ILCS 5/21B-23 new  
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to allow an individual who has received a short-term approval license under the Illinois Administrative Code to extend the validity of the short-term approval license beyond the expiration date if the individual has taken leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Requires the State Board of Education to allow an extension beyond the expiration date equal to or greater than the number of days the individual took for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Deletes reference to:
105 ILCS 5/21B-23 new  
Adds reference to:
105 ILCS 5/21B-120 new  
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may develop, by rules, a credential valid for an individual to serve as an educator in a specific education area or grade range for a temporary period of time and upon meeting the conditions set forth in those rules, to be known as a Short-Term Approval. Provides that a Short-Term Approval may be issued on an existing educator license or may stand alone, as applicable to the particular Short-Term Approval. Requires a Short-Term Approval to have an expiration date without the ability to renew. Provides that before the expiration of an educator's Short-Term Approval, the educator must obtain a license or endorsement in the same specific education area or grade range as the Short-Term Approval, and if the educator does not obtain the required license or endorsement in the specific education area or grade range and the Short-Term Approval expires, the educator is not eligible to continue serving as an educator in the specific education area or grade range. Provides that the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may consider extending the expiration date of the educator's Short-Term Approval if the educator can demonstrate that a serious health condition inhibited the educator's ability to timely apply for and receive the license or endorsement for the specific education area or grade range for which the Short-Term Approval was issued. Allows an educator to receive only one extension for each Short-Term Approval for no more than one year.
Actions
DateChamberAction
02/04/2025SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
02/04/2025SenateFirst Reading
02/04/2025SenateReferred to Assignments
02/11/2025SenateAssigned to Education
02/19/2025SenatePostponed - Education
02/26/2025SenatePostponed - Education
03/03/2025SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
03/03/2025SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
03/04/2025SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
03/04/2025SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
03/05/2025SenateDo Pass as Amended Education; 013-000-000
03/05/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2025
03/20/2025SenateSecond Reading
03/20/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025
04/04/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
04/04/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
04/09/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
04/09/2025SenateThird Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
04/09/2025HouseArrived in House
04/09/2025HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
04/09/2025HouseFirst Reading
04/09/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
04/17/2025HouseAssigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
04/30/2025HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 007-000-000
05/01/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
05/14/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
05/14/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
05/21/2025HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000
05/21/2025SenatePassed Both Houses
06/18/2025SenateSent to the Governor
08/01/2025SenateGovernor Approved
08/01/2025SenateEffective Date January 1, 2026
08/01/2025SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0111