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HB 4276

Illinois House•In House Committee

Summary

HB 4276, “SCH CD-CHICAGO-CO-LOCATION DEF”, was introduced in the House on Jan 5, 2026 by Rep. Jaime Andrade (D). It was referred to Rules, and last saw action on Jan 14, 2026: Referred to Rules Committee.

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HB 4276 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4276
Introduced 1/14/2026, by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/34-200
    Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. With respect to school action and facility master planning, defines "co-location" as a school action in which 2 or more separate schools, each under the direction of its own principal and local school council and maintaining a distinct program and attendance area or other enrollment, are assigned by the Chicago Board of Education to operate entirely within the same school building, but provides that the term does not include an existing school's temporary use of available, vacant, or underutilized space in a second school building to increase capacity or relieve overcrowding if: (1) that school continues to additionally operate in its current building under its own principal and local school council and to serve the same attendance area or population; and (2) the Board designates the use of the second building's space as a temporary measure for a specified period of time.
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A BILL FOR
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1		    AN ACT concerning education.
2		    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
5		34-200 as follows:
6		    (105 ILCS 5/34-200)
7		    Sec. 34-200. Definitions. For the purposes of Sections
8		34-200 through 34-235 of this Article:
9		    "Capital improvement plan" means a plan that identifies
10		capital projects to be started or finished within the
11		designated period, excluding projects funded by locally raised
12		capital not exceeding $10,000.
13		    "Co-location" means a school action in which 2 or more 
14		separate schools, each under the direction of its own 
15		principal and local school council and maintaining a distinct 
16		program and attendance area or other enrollment, are assigned 
17		by the board to operate entirely within the same school 
18		building. "Co-location" does not include an existing school's 
19		temporary use of available, vacant, or underutilized space in 
20		a second school building to increase capacity or relieve 
21		overcrowding if:
22		        (1) that school continues to additionally operate in 
23		    its current building under its own principal and local 
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1		    school council and to serve the same attendance area or 
2		    population; and
3		        (2) the board designates the use of the second 
4		    building's space as a temporary measure for a specified 
5		    period of time.
6		    "Community area" means a geographic area of the City of
7		Chicago defined by the chief executive officer as part of the
8		development of the educational facilities master plan.
9		    "Space utilization" means the percentage achieved by
10		dividing the school's actual enrollment by its design
11		capacity.
12		    "School closing" or "school closure" means the closing of
13		a school, the effect of which is the assignment and transfer of
14		all students enrolled at that school to one or more designated
15		receiving schools.
16		    "School consolidation" means the consolidation of 2 or
17		more schools by closing one or more schools and reassigning
18		the students to another school.
19		    "Phase-out" means the gradual cessation of enrollment in
20		certain grades each school year until a school closes or is
21		consolidated with another school.
22		    "School action" means any school closing; school
23		consolidation; co-location; boundary change that requires
24		reassignment of students, unless the reassignment is to a new
25		school with an attendance area boundary and is made to relieve
26		overcrowding; or phase-out.
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1		(Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11;
2		97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)

Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. With respect to school action and facility master planning, defines "co-location" as a school action in which 2 or more separate schools, each under the direction of its own principal and local school council and maintaining a distinct program and attendance area or other enrollment, are assigned by the Chicago Board of Education to operate entirely within the same school building, but provides that the term does not include an existing school's temporary use of available, vacant, or underutilized space in a second school building to increase capacity or relieve overcrowding if: (1) that school continues to additionally operate in its current building under its own principal and local school council and to serve the same attendance area or population; and (2) the Board designates the use of the second building's space as a temporary measure for a specified period of time.

Sponsors

Rep. Jaime Andrade (D) sponsors HB 4276 alone.

Jaime Andrade

Rep. · D–40 · Sponsor

Committees

HB 4276 went before 1 committee: Rules.

Rules
Rules
Referred to · Jan 14, 2026 · 5,290 Bills

History

HB 4276 has taken 4 actions since Jan 5, 2026, the latest on Jan 14, 2026.

ChamberAction
Jan 14, 2026
House
First Reading
Jan 14, 2026
House
Referred to Rules Committee
Jan 13, 2026
House
Motion Filed - Table Bill/Resolution Pursuant to Rule 60(b), Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
Jan 5, 2026
House
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

Votes

HB 4276 has not gone to a roll call.

Source: ilga.gov · legiscan.com