SCH CD-INTERNET ACCESSIBILITY
Summary
Amends the School Code. To ensure that the content available on any third party online curriculum that is made available to enrolled students or the public by a school district through the Internet is readily accessible to persons with disabilities, provides that the State Board of Education shall require that the third party online curriculum comply with Level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.182 new Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill, but provides that a school district must require (rather than the State Board of Education shall require) that the Internet website or web service comply with Level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Adds an effective date of August 1, 2022.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Aug 2021
Introduced Apr 19, 2021
Signed Aug 2, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2021 · House Apr 15, 2021
How they voted
43–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 46
May 27, 2021
D
Democratic29
93% Yea
R
Republican17
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
82
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Amendments
4
Aug 2, 2021
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
upper
May 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Education; 013-000-000
upper
May 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 29, 2021
upper
May 18, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Education
upper
Apr 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 19, 2021
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
lower
Mar 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah
lower
Mar 4, 2021
Amended
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
lower
Mar 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Consent Calendar Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 023-000-000
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah
lower
Feb 23, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
lower
Jan 14, 2021
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
2 primary · 41 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
DDemocratic
P
Theresa Mah
DDemocratic
Co
AO
Aarón Ortíz
DDemocratic
Co
Anna Moeller
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Hernandez
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Morgan
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Ammons
DDemocratic
Co
Deanne M. Mazzochi
RRepublican
Co
Deb Conroy
DDemocratic
Co
Dee Avelar
DDemocratic
Co
Delia C. Ramirez
DDemocratic
Co
Denyse Wang Stoneback
DDemocratic
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