Bills Pending in the Illinois General Assembly Pertaining to Education 2026
Prepared by Bev Johns, 8/21/26
House Bill 4397—Crawford. Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that “school psychologist”, for a psychologist licensed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, means a psychologist who, along with other qualifications, has graduated with a specialist degree, an equivalent degree with the completion of a minimum of 60 graduate semester hours, or a higher degree in school psychology from an institution of higher learning that maintains equipment, courses of study, and standards of scholarship approved by the State Board of Education, and has had at least 1,200 clock hours of supervised experience in the delivery of school psychological services of a character approved by the State Superintendent of Education, at least 600 hours of which were in a school setting, and has such additional qualifications as may be required by the State Board of Education. Makes changes to provide that school psychological services provided by qualified specialists who hold a Professional Educator License endorsed for school psychology may include, but are not limited to: (1) providing assessments; (2) creating and implementing prevention and intervention services that support student learning: (3) providing mental and behavioral health services; (4) acting as liaisons between public schools and community agencies; (5) evaluating program effectiveness; (6) providing crisis prevention, response, and intervention within the school setting; (7) providing consultation and collaboration; (8) supervising school psychologist interns enrolled in school psychology programs; (9) screening school enrollments to identify children who should be referred for individual study; and (10) developing any other necessary programs and services. Provides that a school psychologist may not provide school psychological services outside of his or her employment to any student in any school district that employs the school psychologist. Makes other changes. Passed both Houses. Signed by the Governor 104-0605
Senate Bills
Senate Bill 2761— D. Turner. Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning in-service training programs, provides that the instruction on the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act, as it pertains to the school environment, includes, without limitation, service animals. Passed both Houses. Signed by the Governor 104-0628
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