Illinois Legislative Summary 2016

ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY 2016

Child Welfare and Safety

HB4327 Children and Family Service HB4641 Child Care Act Amendment – Act Amendment – Power of Attorney Adoption-Only Homes on Child Custody HB4641 amends the Child Care Act of HB4327 amends the Children and Family 1969. The amendment adds Services Act. The amendment provides requirements for approval of adoption- that, during any investigation of alleged only homes by licensed child welfare child abuse or neglect that does not result agencies, such as if an adult resident has in a child being removed from the home, an arrest or conviction record, the the Department of Children and Family licensed child welfare agency shall Services shall provide information to the thoroughly investigate and withhold parent or guardian about community approval. Additionally, the amendment service programs that provide respite makes changes for the Birth Parent Rights care, voluntary guardianship, or other and Responsibilities-Private Form, support services for families in crisis. including the right to provide medical, Further, the amendment provides that a background and family information to the parent or legal custodian of a child may child's prospective adoptive parents delegate to another person certain through a voluntary Birth Parent Medical powers regarding the care and custody of Information form prior to the finalization the child (for a period not to exceed one of an adoption. year or a longer period in the case of a service member if on active duty service). Chief Sponsors Representatives: Sara Feigenholtz, Anna Chief Sponsors Moeller, Ann M. Williams Representatives: Patricia R. Bellock Senators: Kwame Raoul, Don Harmon Senators: Pamela J. Althoff Status: Signed 8/19/2016. Effective Status: Signed 7/22/2016. Effective 1/1/2017. 7/22/2016.

HB4996 School Code Amendment – HB5551 Children and Family Services DCFS Liaison Act Amendment – Fictive Kin HB4996 amends the School Code. The HB5551 amends the Children and Family amendment provides that a school board Services Act. The amendment expands may appoint at least one employee to act the definition of "fictive kin" to include as a liaison to facilitate the enrollment any individual, unrelated by birth or and transfer of records of students in the marriage, who is the foster parent of a legal custody of the Department of child in the custody or guardianship of Children and Family Services. While the the Department of Children and Family focus is on enrollment and transfer, the Services, who has established a significant amendment further encourages liaisons and family-like relationship with the child to build capacity and infrastructure within and has been identified by the the school district to support students in Department as the child's permanent the legal custody of the Department of connection, as defined by rule by the Children and Family Services. Department.

Chief Sponsors Chief Sponsors Representatives: Emanuel Chris Welch, Representatives: Ann M. Williams, Sara Litesa E. Wallace, Elgie R. Sims, Jr. Feigenholtz, Keith P. Sommer Senators: Kimberly A. Lightford Senators: Kwame Raoul, Julie A. Morrison Status: Signed 8/12/2016. Effective Status: Signed 8/19/16. Effective 1/1/17. 8/12/2016.

HB5665 Children and Family Services SB2321 Child Care Act Amendment– Act Amendment – Foster Care Day Care Center Activities SB2321 amends the Child Care Act of HB5665 amends the Children and Family 1969. The amendment provides that Services Act. The amendment provides programs that serve school-age children that each child who comes into the care and youth during out-of-school time must and custody of the Department of perform and maintain authorization and Children and Family Services is fully results of criminal history checks through entitled to participate in appropriate specified law enforcement agencies and extracurricular, enrichment, cultural and registries, comply with staff qualification social activities in a manner that allows and training standards established by rule that child to participate in his or her by the Department of Human Services, community to the fullest extent possible. and meet standards of the Illinois The amendment also requires caregivers Department of Public Health or the local to use the reasonable and prudent parent health department, the Illinois State Fire standard in determining whether to give Marshal and specific health and safety permission for a child in out-of-home care requirements. to participate in appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, cultural and Chief Sponsors social activities. Representatives: Emanuel Chris Welch, Robert W. Pritchard, Marcus C. Evans, Jr., Chief Sponsors Fred Crespo, Barbara Flynn Currie Representatives: Christine Winger Senators: Dave Syverson, Don Harmon, Senators: Christine Radogno Kimberly A. Lightford, Julie A. Morrison Status: Signed 8/19/16. Effective 8/19/16. Status: Signed 7/29/16. Effective 7/29/16.

SB2524 Illinois Identification Card Act Amendment – DCFS Youth ID Cards SB2524 amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. The amendment creates the Illinois Identification Card for youth for whom the Department of Children and Family Services is legally responsible. The bill requires that in their application the youth must submit an affirmation by their court appointment attorney or an employee of the department that is legally responsible for the child and further requires that there be no fee for the card.

Chief Sponsors Representatives: Peter Breen, Patricia R. Bellock, Barbara Wheeler, Carol Ammons, Mary E. Flowers Senators: Julie A. Morrison, Jacqueline Y. Collins Status: Signed 7/28/16. Effective 7/28/16.

Early Childhood and General Education

HB4330 School Code Amendment – HB5901 School Code Amendment – State Seal of Biliteracy Assessment Reporting HB4330 amends the School Code. The HB5901 amends the School Code. The amendment requires that if a student's amendment provides that, beginning with high school transcript indicates that he or the 2016–2017 school year, the school she will be receiving or has received the district, for each of its schools, shall State Seal of Biliteracy, an Illinois public report to the State Board of Education university will accept the State Seal of information concerning every reliable Biliteracy as equivalent to 2 years of assessment that measures a certain foreign language coursework taken group or subset of students. Further, the during high school. Upon request from an amendment requires the State Board of enrolled student, the community college Education to compile the reported or university shall award foreign language information and make that information course credit to a student who has available to the public. Lastly, the received a State Seal of Biliteracy. amendment requires each school district Students enrolled in a public community to make that information publicly college or public university who have available to the parents and guardians of received a State Seal of Biliteracy are to its students. request course credit for their seal within 3 academic years after graduating from Chief Sponsors high school. Representatives: Will Guzzardi, Litesa E. Wallace Chief Sponsors Senators: Iris Y. Martinez Representatives: Barbara Wheeler, Status: Signed 7/22/2016. Effective Cynthia Soto, Linda Chapa LaVia, Mark 7/22/2016. Batinick, Carol Sente, Sheri Jesiel Senators: Iris Y. Martinez, Pamela J. Althoff Status: Signed 7/22/2016. Effective 7/22/2016.

HB6136 School Code Amendment – At- Chief Sponsors Risk Student Council Representatives: Litesa E. Wallace, HB6136 amends the School Code. The William Davis, Emanuel Chris Welch amendment creates the Advisory Council Senators: Kimberly A. Lightford, on At-Risk Students within the State Jacqueline Y. Collins, Mattie Hunter Board of Education. The Council is to Status: Signed 8/5/16. Effective 8/5/16. submit a report no later than December 15, 2017 to the State Superintendent of SB0238 School Code Amendment – Education, the Governor and the General Early Childhood Education Block Grant Assembly addressing school districts SB0238 amends the School Code. The where racial minorities comprise a amendment provides that not less than majority of the student population 14% of the Early Childhood Education regarding: (1) the barriers to success Block Grant allocation of funds shall be present for at-risk students; (2) how much used to fund programs for children from socio-economic status impacts academic birth to 3. The amendment provides that, and career achievement; (3) how at-risk beginning in Fiscal Year 2016, at least 25% students perform academically; (4) how of any additional Early Childhood at-risk students perform academically Education Block Grant funding over and compared to students from higher socio- above the previous fiscal year's allocation economic statuses; (5) what programs are shall be used to fund programs for shown to help at-risk students reach children from birth to 3 and once the higher levels of academic and career percentage of grant funding allocated to achievement; (6) what specific programs for children from birth to 3 curriculums help the academic success of reaches 20% of the overall grant at-risk students; (7) of curriculums that allocation for a full fiscal year, after which help at-risk students, which of these need time the percentage of grant funding to be implemented within the Illinois allocated to programs for children from Learning Standards; (8) to what degree birth to 3each fiscal year shall remain at school districts teach cultural history, and least 20% of the overall grant allocation. how this can be improved; (9) specific policy recommendations; and (10) any Chief Sponsors other information that the Council Representatives: Linda Chapa LaVia, determines will assist in the Fred Crespo, Emanuel Chris Welch, Robert understanding of the barriers to success W. Pritchard, Robyn Gabel for or increase the academic performance Senators: Kimberly A. Lightford, of at-risk students. Jacqueline Y. Collins Status: Signed 7/21/2016. Effective 7/21/2016.

SB2393 School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act and Childhood Hunger Relief Act – Breakfast SB2393 amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act and the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. The amendment requires the board of education of each school district in the State to implement and operate a breakfast after the bell program in the next academic year in each school building based on the following criteria: (1) in which at least 70% or more of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches (for those schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program); (2) in which at least 70% or more of the students are classified as low-income (for those schools that do not participate in the National School Lunch Program); or (3) that has a claiming percentage for free or reduced-price meals of 70% or more (based on federal law).

Chief Sponsors Representatives: Robert W. Pritchard, William Davis, John Cavaletto Senators: Don Harmon, Kimberly A. Lightford, Jacqueline Y. Collins, Ira I. Silverstein, Chris Nybo Status: Signed 8/19/16. Effective 1/1/2017.

Health and Mental Health

HB5576 Illinois Insurance Code HB5736 Covering ALL KIDS Health Amendment – Contraceptive Coverage Insurance Act – Repeal Date HB5576 amends the Illinois Insurance HB5736 amends the Covering ALL KIDS Code. The amendment provides that an Health Insurance Act to extend the individual or group health policy shall program to October 1, 2019. provide coverage without cost-sharing for all contraceptive drugs, devices and other Chief Sponsors products approved by the United States Representatives: Elizabeth Hernandez, Food and Drug Administration. Coverage Robyn Gabel, Gregory Harris, La Shawn K. may be limited when two or more Ford products have the same active Senators: Iris Y. Martinez, William ingredients and safety profile. Further Delgado, Linda Holmes, Jacqueline Y. requires an accessible and timely waiver Collins, Martin A. Sandoval process to access birth control methods Status: Signed 6/30/2016. Effective not covered by a plan and requires 6/30/2016. insurance companies to cover birth control prescriptions for 12 months at one time.

Chief Sponsors Representatives: Elaine Nekritz, Litesa E. Wallace, Silvana Tabares Senators: Toi W. Hutchinson, Kimberly A. Lightford, Heather A. Steans, Jacqueline Y. Collins, Melinda Bush Status: Signed 7/29/16. Effective 1/1/2017.

HB6213 Illinois Public Aid Code HB6333 School Code Amendment – Amendment – Medical Assistance Asthma Action Plan Article HB633 amends the School Code. The HB6213 amends the Medical Assistance amendment requires the Illinois State Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In an Board of Education, in consultation with effort to improve the information asthma management experts and school available to Medicaid enrollees, the administrators, to develop a model amendment requires each Medicaid Managed Care Entity) contracted by the asthma episode emergency response Department of Healthcare and Family protocol. Each school district, charter Services to make available on the entity's school and nonpublic school shall adopt website a provider directory that is an asthma episode emergency response publicly accessible without the necessity protocol that includes all of the of providing a password, a username, or components of the State Board's model personally identifiable information. The amendment requires the Department's protocol and request an action plan from client enrollment services broker to post the parents or guardians of pupils with information on the broker's website asthma. Provides additional ongoing prominently, including clear guides on training for school personnel on the prescription coverage, communications management and prevention of asthma related to grievances and appeals, symptoms and emergency response. Also Medicaid redetermination, care provides for ISBE to make educational coordination and a consumer focused health plan quality comparison tool. resources available.

Chief Sponsors Chief Sponsors Representatives: Robyn Gabel, Elizabeth Representatives: Carol Ammons, Robyn Hernandez, Elgie R. Sims, Jr., Lawrence Gabel, Jaime M. Andrade, Jr., Jay Hoffman, Walsh, Jr. Camille Y. Lilly Senators: David Koehler, Donne E. Senators: Daniel Biss, David Koehler, Trotter Jacqueline Y. Collins, Melinda Bush Status: Signed 8/19/2016. Effective Status: Signed 8/5/2016. Effective 8/19/2016. 8/5/2016.

SB565 School Code Amendment – Social SB1367 State Finance Act and Illinois Emotional Screening Public Aid Code – Healthy Local Food SB565 amends the School Code. The Incentives Program amendment adds to the school health HB6027 amends the State Finance Act examination an age-appropriate and the Illinois Public Aid Code. The developmental screening and an age- amendment requires the Department of appropriate social emotional screening. Human Services to establish a time- Provides guidance for rulemaking with limited pilot for a Healthy Local Food reference to implementation, including Incentives Program to double the any possible revisions to the school purchasing power of Illinois residents health examination form. Further with limited access to fresh fruits and provides that a child may present proof to vegetables. the school of having had these screenings, however, if a child does not Chief Sponsors do so, the school may offer to provide the Representatives: Michael W. Tryon, screening with parental consent. Affirms William Davis, Patricia R. Bellock, Barbara that existing laws, rules and regulations Flynn Currie, Tim Butler, regarding mental health confidentiality Senators: Don Harmon, David Koehler, guide any practioner who conducts a Jacqueline Y. Collins, Michael E. Hastings screening. Clarifies that there is no Status: Governor Amendatory Veto penalty to be imposed on any child who 8/19/2016. Unless overridden, the does not present proof of these governor’s amendatory veto would screenings. reduce the amount of the grant and create a time-limited pilot. Chief Sponsors Representatives: Camille Lilly, William Davis, LaShawn Ford, Steven Andersson, Jehan Gordon-Booth Senators: Kim Lightford, Julie Morrison, Michael E. Hastings, Jacqueline Collins Status: Passed both houses 12/1/16.

SB1564 Health Care Right of SB2300 Lead Poisoning Prevention Act Conscience Act Amendment – Notice and Mitigation of Lead Hazard SB1564 amends the Health Care Right of SB2300 amends the Lead Poisoning Conscience Act. Under the amendment, Prevention Act. The amendment makes health care providers can assert changes to an owner's obligation to give conscience-based objections if they have notice of a lead hazard. Specifically, in place protocols designed to ensure before the owner of a facility subject to a that: (1) The patient is informed about the mitigation notice renews a lease or enters patient’s medical circumstances and into a new sales contract, they shall treatment options in accordance provide the current lessee(s) or with accepted standards of medical prospective purchasers with a specified practice; (2) The patient is provided either written notice, a copy of the mitigation a referral or transfer, or written notice, inspection report and mitigate the information about where the patient may lead hazard and obtain a certificate of be able to get the treatment they need; compliance. (3) The patient’s medical records are provided to the patient or to the provider Chief Sponsors from whom the patient is seeking Representatives: Robyn Gabel, Elgie R. treatment without undue delay. Sims, Jr., Emanuel Chris Welch, Elaine Nekritz, Michael J. Zalewski Chief Sponsors Senators: Donne E. Trotter, Jacqueline Y. Representatives: Robyn Gabel, Barbara Collins, Mattie Hunter, Ira I. Silverstein, Flynn Currie, Pamela Reaves-Harris, Will Napoleon Harris, III Guzzardi Status: Signed 8/12/2016. Effective Senators: Daniel Biss, Julie A. Morrison, 1/1/2017. Toi W. Hutchinson, Linda Holmes, Kimberly A. Lightford Status: Signed 7/29/2016. Effective 1/1/2017.

SB2332 Department of Healthcare and SB2734 Maternal and Child Health Family Services – Clinical Social Worker Block Grant Program Act – Advisory SB2332 amends the Illinois Public Aid Board Code. The amendment requires the SB2734 creates the Advisory Board for Department of Healthcare and Family the Maternal and Child Health Block Services to adopt rules, no later than 90 Grant Programs Act under the days after the effective date of the Department of Public Health, requiring amendment, that allow a licensed clinical the Board to advise the Director of Public social worker in all settings to directly bill Health and make recommendations to Medicaid for services. the Department and Governor regarding maternal and child health matters. Chief Sponsors Representatives: Elaine Nekritz, Ron Chief Sponsors Sandack, Gregory Harris, Ed Sullivan, Representatives: Robyn Gabel Barbara Flynn Currie Senators: Pamela J. Althoff Senators: Daniel Biss, Jacqueline Y. Status: Signed 8/26/2016. Effective Collins /26/2016. Status: Signed 7/22/2016. Effective 7/22/2016.

Family Law and Family-Friendly Policies

HB3982 Illinois Marriage and HB4036 Victims' Economic Security and Dissolution of Marriage Act Safety Act – All 12 Weeks Amendment – Child Support Guidelines HB4036 amends the Victims' Economic HB3982 amends the Illinois Marriage and Security and Safety Act. The amendment Dissolution of Marriage Act. The provides that leave may be used for the amendment provides that the time a victim is experiencing an incident Department of Healthcare and Family of domestic or sexual violence. The Services shall promulgate guidelines and amendment provides that an employee worksheets for the purpose of calculating working for an employer that employs at child support guidelines. Further, the least 50 employees shall be entitled to a amendment adds provisions concerning total of 12 workweeks of leave during any child support purposes and applicability, 12-month period. Further, an employee duty of support, income calculation for working for an employer that employs at support purposes, minimum orders, least 15 but not more than 49 employees deviation factors, shared parenting, split shall be entitled to a total of 8 workweeks care, allocation of other child-related of leave during any 12-month period. expenses and modification of support Further, an employee working for an orders. employer who employs at least one employee but not more than 14 Chief Sponsors employees shall be entitled to a total of 4 Representatives: Kelly M. Burke, Dwight workweeks of leave during any 12-month Kay, Patricia R. Bellock period. Senators: Michael E. Hastings Status: Signed 8/12/2016. Effective Chief Sponsors 1/1/2017. Representatives: Camille Y. Lilly, Litesa E. Wallace, Sonya M. Harper Senators: Toi W. Hutchinson, Jacqueline Y. Collins Status: Signed 8/12/2016; Effective 1/1/2017.

SB2613 Child Bereavement Leave Act and State Finance Act Amendment SB2613 Creates the Child Bereavement Leave Act and amends the State Finance Act. The Act provides that an employee may use 2 weeks of bereavement leave to grieve the death of the employee's child, attend services in relation to the death of the employee's child, or make arrangements necessitated by the death of the employee's child. Further, the act authorizes up to 6 weeks leave if more than one child dies within a 12-month period. The Act provides that an employee must provide notice unless notice is not reasonable and practicable.

Chief Sponsors Representatives: Natalie A. Manley, Frances Ann Hurley, Mary E. Flowers, Lawrence Walsh, Jr., Sue Scherer Senators: Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant - Jacqueline Y. Collins - Michael Connelly - Laura M. Murphy Status: Signed 7/29/2016. Effective 7/29/2016.

Human Services

SB2340 Temporary Assistance for SB2407 Department of Human Services Needy Families Article – Child Support Act Amendment – Teen Reach Grant Disregards Program SB2340 amends the Temporary SB2407 amends the Department of Assistance for Needy Families Article of Human Services Act. The amendment the Illinois Public Aid Code. The provides that the Department of Human amendment provides that the first $100 Services shall award competitive grants of child support collected on behalf of a under a Teen Responsibility, Education, family in a month for one child and the Achievement, Caring, and Hope (Teen first $200 of child support collected on REACH) Grant Program to community- behalf of a family in a month for 2 or based agencies. Successful grantees more children shall be passed through to under the Teen REACH grant program the family and disregarded in determining shall plan and implement activities that the amount of the assistance grant address outcomes associated with six provided to the family. core services: (1) the improvement of educational performance; (2) life skills Chief Sponsors education; (3) parental education; (4) Representatives: Litesa E. Wallace, recreation, sports, cultural and artistic Robyn Gabel, Robert Martwick, Kelly M. activities; (5) the development of positive Cassidy, Lou Lang adult mentors; and (6) service learning Senators: Kimberly A. Lightford, Iris Y. opportunities. The amendment provides Martinez, Jacqueline Y. Collins, Pat that successful grantees under the Teen McGuire REACH grant program shall be in Status: Signed 8/26/2016. Effective compliance with policies and procedures 1/1/2017 on program, data and expense reporting as developed by the Department, in consultation with the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.

Chief Sponsors Representatives: Jehan Gordon-Booth, Litesa E. Wallace, Michael D. Unes, Patricia R. Bellock, John D. Anthony Senators: Toi W. Hutchinson, William R. Haine, Andy Manar, Kimberly A. Lightford, Donne E. Trotter Status: Signed 7/29/2016. Effective 1/1/2017.

SB2906 Illinois Public Aid Code – SB3007 Illinois Public Aid Code Employment Program Amendment – Trafficking Victims SB2906 amends the Illinois Public Aid SB3007 amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. The amendment adds attendance Code. The amendment provides access to in high school and GED programs to the state-funded SNAP, TANF and Medicaid set of activities that count as a core TANF assistance for up to one year to foreign- (Temporary Assistance for Needy born victims of human trafficking, torture Families) work requirement activity. Most or other serious crimes and to their TANF recipients are required to engage in spouse or minor child who reside in work activities at least 30 hours each Illinois while the victim is preparing his or week, the first 20 hours of which must fall her visa or asylum application, beginning within the prescribed core activities. January 1, 2018. Victims would remain eligible for benefits while awaiting a final Chief Sponsors decision on their visa as long as Representatives: Litesa E. Wallace, Carol theynmeet all other eligibility Ammons, Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr., Sonya M. requirements for the programs. Once a Harper final decision is received the victim would Senators: Steve Stadelman, Jacqueline Y. be transitioned to federally-funded public Collins and Napoleon Harris, III benefit programs if eligible. Status: Signed 8/5/2016. Effective 1/1/2017. Chief Sponsors Representatives: Elizabeth Hernandez, Barbara Wheeler, Robyn Gabel, Gregory Harris, Emanuel Chris Welch Senators: Jacqueline Y. Collins, Iris Y. Martinez, Linda Holmes, David Koehler, Karen McConnaughay Status: Signed 8/22/2016. Effective 8/22/2016.

Workforce and Professional Development/Higher Education

HB4360 School Code Amendment – HB5566 Higher Education Student Educator Qualifications Assistance Act Amendment – College HB4360 amends the School Code. The Affordability amendment provides that no one may be HB5566 amends the Higher Education licensed to teach or supervise in the Student Assistance Act. The amendment public schools of this State who has been authorizes the Illinois P-20 Council to convicted of certain drug offenses until create a working group to focus on seven years following the end of the tuition, financial aid and other issues sentence for the offense (previously those related to keeping postsecondary convictions permanently barred education affordable for Illinois residents. individuals from teacher licensure). Further, the amendment makes changes Chief Sponsors to provisions relating to the conviction of Representatives: Elgie R. Sims, Jr., certain offenses as grounds for Emanuel Chris Welch, Stephanie A. revocation of an educator license, Kifowit, Jehan Gordon-Booth including changing the definitions of Senators: Donne E. Trotter, Pat McGuire terms, providing for disqualification for Status: Signed 7/28/2016. Effective licensure and providing that suspension 1/1/2017. of a license or denial of an application for a license of a person who has been convicted of certain drug offenses shall last until seven years following the end of the sentence for the offense.

Chief Sponsors Representatives: Kelly M. Cassidy, William Davis Senators: Patricia Van Pelt, Iris Y. Martinez, Jacqueline Y. Collins, Mattie Hunter, Kimberly A. Lightford Status: Signed 7/29/2016. Effective 7/29/2016.

HB5729 Postsecondary and Workforce HB6181 School Code Amendment – Readiness Act Professional Development HB5729 creates the Postsecondary and HB6181 amends provisions concerning Workforce Readiness Act to implement educator licensure in the School Code. the recommendations in the HR 477 The amendment provides that if a report, which encouraged the Illinois professional educator licensee earns Pathways Interagency Committee (IPIC) to more than the required number of study methods to better prepare high professional development hours during a school graduates for success in college or renewal cycle, then the licensee may carry in a career. The Act sets forth provisions over any hours earned from April 1 to develop a model for better college and through June 30 of the last year of the career preparedness and a curriculum renewal cycle. Further, the amendment that aligns with that model. Through this provides that any hours carried over in Act, students will be able to earn credits this manner must be applied to the next outside of school through internships and renewal cycle and Illinois Administrators' work experience. Academy courses or hours earned in those courses may not be carried over. Chief Sponsors Representatives: Kelly M. Burke, Linda Chief Sponsors Chapa LaVia, Fred Crespo, Deb Conroy, Representatives: Kathleen Willis, Natalie Carol Sente A. Manley, Sue Scherer, Emanuel Chris Senators: Daniel Biss, Jacqueline Y. Welch, Robert W. Pritchard Collins, Pat McGuire, Melinda Bush. Senators: Iris Y. Martinez Chapin Rose Status: Signed 7/22/2016. Effective Status: Signed 7/29/2016. Effective 1/1/2017. 7/29/2016.

SB2440 School Code Amendment – Principal Endorsement SB2440 amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. The amendment allows for a principal endorsement to be affixed to a Professional Educator License if a person has, among other qualifications, at least four total years of experience teaching or four total years of experience working in the capacity of school support personnel until June 30, 2021.

Chief Sponsors Representatives: Jennifer Bertino- Tarrant, Patricia Van Pelt, Michael Noland Senators: Robert W. Pritchard, Fred Crespo Status: Signed 7/22/2016. Effective 7/22/2016.