COLLINS-DELGADO-GARRETT-OSTERMAN-FEIGENHOLTZ, LANG, MENDOZA, ACEVEDO, YARBROUGH, MORROW, MILLER AND JEFFERSON. (CULLERTON-LIGHTFORD) 105 ILCS 5/21-1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-1 Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning the United States citizenship requirement for teacher certification, allows the State Superintendent of Education to extend the 6-year time limit for becoming a U.S. citizen for a period of 2 years if the person certifies his or her intention to become a U.S. citizen and furnishes proof that he or she has filed an application for citizenship. Provides that upon the expiration of this extension period, the State Superintendent of Education may grant an additional extension of 2 years upon proof that the person's application for citizenship is pending. JAN-30-2002 H FILED WITH CLERK JAN-30-2002 H FIRST READING JAN-30-2002 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-05-2002 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ELEM SCND ED FEB-11-2002 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DELGADO FEB-14-2002 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GARRETT FEB-15-2002 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 020-000-000 HELM FEB-15-2002 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE FEB-21-2002 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE FEB-21-2002 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-04-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LANG APR-03-2002 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR OSTERMAN APR-04-2002 H PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO COLLINS APR-04-2002 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ APR-04-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SOTO APR-04-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MENDOZA APR-04-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ACEVEDO APR-04-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR YARBROUGH APR-04-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MORROW APR-04-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MILLER APR-04-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JEFFERSON APR-04-2002 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 APR-09-2002 S ARRIVE IN SENATE APR-09-2002 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 02-04-10 APR-09-2002 S SENATE SPONSOR CULLERTON APR-09-2002 S FIRST READING APR-09-2002 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES APR-25-2002 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR LIGHTFORD JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary