Date	Chamber	Action
1/7/2025	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall require all school districts to undertake a ventilation verification assessment of all mechanical ventilation systems in the school district performed by a certified assessor or a mechanical engineer and shall be based on physical measurements made during the assessment. Provides that if an assessment is performed by a certified assessor, the assessment report shall be reviewed by a mechanical engineer. Provides that the ventilation verification assessment shall verify whether the existing mechanical ventilation system is operating in accordance with design parameters and meets the requirements of any applicable building codes. Provides that the ventilation verification assessment for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system shall follow specified standards. Provides that the verification assessment report from the mechanical engineer shall include appropriate corrective actions needed for the mechanical ventilation system or the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning infrastructure, including installation of appropriate filters, installation of carbon dioxide sensors and additional maintenance, repairs, upgrades, or replacement. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to make the appropriate corrective actions identified in the ventilation verification assessment. Sets forth requirements for corrective actions, standards, and verification of work.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to supply all active classroom instructors, all school staff and administration, and district leadership with an educational document, in a PDF and a physical format, explaining at a minimum the values of good indoor air quality, including peer-reviewed research demonstrating effects of poor and good indoor air quality, an explanation of airborne transmission of pathogens and other airborne substances, a basic explanation of air changes per hour and relation to outdoor air and filtered air, best practice recommendations for the portable air cleaner and the air quality monitor, including guidance on theory, function, placement, and operation of the monitor. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms that are not mechanically ventilated have at least 2 properly functioning windows, or one window in situations where only one is present, that can open and can safely stay open. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms are equipped with an air quality monitor that meets specified requirements. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms are equipped with a portable air cleaner that meets specified requirements. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to supply each school with 5 additional portable air cleaners and 5 additional air quality monitors to be used in school health offices, libraries, cafeterias, and other similar spaces. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to undertake a ventilation verification assessment of all mechanical ventilation systems in the school district performed by a certified assessor or a mechanical engineer. Makes other changes.

House Floor Amendment No. 2
Provides that the window, air quality monitor, portable air cleaner, and ventilation verification assessment requirements are subject to appropriation.

House Floor Amendment No. 3
Provides that "certified technician means" a person who is certified as a Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing Bureau Technician by the International Certification Board and accredited to comply with ISO/IEC 17024, which is the conformity assessment regarding general requirements for bodies operating certification of persons, by the American National Standards Institute in Testing Adjusting and Balancing or another nationally recognized certifying body accredited to ISO/IEC 17024 in testing adjusting and balancing (instead of meaning a person who is certified as a testing and balancing technician by an accredited organization).

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/17/2023	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
2/17/2023	House	First Reading
2/17/2023	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/28/2023	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
3/2/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
3/6/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
3/6/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/7/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
3/7/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
3/8/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 006-003-000
3/9/2023	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 006-003-000
3/10/2023	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/13/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lakesia Collins
3/15/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
3/15/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
3/17/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
3/17/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
3/17/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
3/21/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
3/21/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
3/21/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
3/21/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
3/22/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
3/22/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 006-002-000
3/22/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
3/22/2023	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/22/2023	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
3/23/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 006-002-000
3/23/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernández
3/23/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
3/23/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
3/23/2023	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
3/23/2023	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Matt Hanson
3/24/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
3/24/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted
3/24/2023	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/24/2023	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 068-035-000
3/24/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
3/24/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
3/27/2023	Senate	Arrive in Senate
3/27/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
3/27/2023	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
3/27/2023	Senate	First Reading
3/27/2023	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/5/2023	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
4/18/2023	Senate	Assigned to Appropriations- Education
4/21/2023	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson
4/21/2023	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
4/21/2023	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson
4/21/2023	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
4/25/2023	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Appropriations- Education
4/25/2023	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Appropriations- Education
4/26/2023	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
4/28/2023	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/28/2023	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/28/2023	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
5/1/2023	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
8/28/2023	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
10/2/2023	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
10/2/2023	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
10/10/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
11/7/2023	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
12/12/2023	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
5/10/2024	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
5/23/2024	Senate	Re-referred to Executive
5/23/2024	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
5/23/2024	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
5/23/2024	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson
5/23/2024	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
5/24/2024	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2024
5/25/2024	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 26, 2024
6/26/2024	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
1/7/2025	House	Session Sine Die

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