Illinois · House Resolution 459 · 104th General Assembly

PRES. TRUMP-ENGLISH LEARNERS

  1. Introduced Sep 4, 2025
  2. In committee Oct 14, 2025
  3. Adopted by the House Next

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Urges President Donald Trump to stop the actions of the administration that are impacting or eliminating educational funding, educational supports, and educational services provided to English learner students, limited English proficient parents, and the educators that serve these students. Urges federal lawmakers to instead prioritize the maintenance and improvement of educational services for English learner…

Read the full title (114 words)

Urges President Donald Trump to stop the actions of the administration that are impacting or eliminating educational funding, educational supports, and educational services provided to English learner students, limited English proficient parents, and the educators that serve these students. Urges federal lawmakers to instead prioritize the maintenance and improvement of educational services for English learner students, maintain and provide for increases to ESSA Title III funding aligned with inflationary measures and other appropriate funding to support educational services for English learner students and the educators that serve them, maintain and provide for language access services for parents with limited English proficiency, and ensure the educational rights of all students guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar
  2. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  3. CommitteeAssigned to Education Policy Committee · House Education Policy
  4. CommitteeRecommends Be Adopted Education Policy Committee; 007-003-000 · House Education Policy
  5. HousePlaced on Calendar Order of Resolutions
  6. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
  7. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
  8. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
  9. CommitteeRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Oct 28, 2025 House Education Policy Education Policy - Recommends Be Adopted
Members

Yes · 7

No · 3

Not voting · 3

Passed 7–3

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 3 cosponsors: 3 Democrats.

All 3 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.