Full Text of SB3537 100th General Assembly
SB3537 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB3537 Introduced 2/16/2018, by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/26-2a | from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that, in the Article governing compulsory attendance of pupils, the term "truant" means a child who is subject to compulsory school attendance and who is absent without valid cause, as defined in the Article, from such attendance for more than 1%, but less than 5%, of the past 180 days (rather than absent without valid cause from such attendance for a school day or portion thereof). Effective July 1, 2018.
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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 | | 26-2a as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/26-2a) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a) | 7 | | Sec. 26-2a. A "truant" is defined as a child who is subject | 8 | | to compulsory school
attendance and who is absent without valid | 9 | | cause , as defined under this Section, from such attendance for | 10 | | more than 1%, but less than 5%, of the past 180 school days
a | 11 | | school day or portion thereof . | 12 | | "Valid cause" for absence shall be illness, observance of a | 13 | | religious
holiday, death in the immediate family,
family | 14 | | emergency, and shall include such other situations beyond the | 15 | | control
of the student as determined by the board of education | 16 | | in each district,
or such other circumstances which cause | 17 | | reasonable concern to the parent
for the safety or health of | 18 | | the student. | 19 | | "Chronic or habitual truant" shall be defined as a child | 20 | | who is subject to compulsory
school attendance and who is | 21 | | absent without valid cause from such attendance
for 5% or more | 22 | | of the previous 180 regular attendance days. | 23 | | "Truant minor" is defined as a chronic truant to whom |
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| 1 | | supportive
services, including prevention, diagnostic, | 2 | | intervention and remedial
services, alternative programs and | 3 | | other school and community resources
have been provided and | 4 | | have failed to result in the cessation of chronic
truancy, or | 5 | | have been offered and refused. | 6 | | A "dropout" is defined as any child enrolled in grades 9 | 7 | | through 12 whose
name has been removed from the district | 8 | | enrollment roster for any reason
other than the student's | 9 | | death, extended illness, removal for medical non-compliance, | 10 | | expulsion, aging out, graduation, or completion of a
program of | 11 | | studies and who has not transferred to another public or | 12 | | private school and is not known to be home-schooled by his or | 13 | | her parents or guardians or continuing school in another | 14 | | country. | 15 | | "Religion" for the purposes of this Article, includes all | 16 | | aspects of
religious observance and practice, as well as | 17 | | belief. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1423, eff. 8-3-10; 97-218, eff. 7-28-11.)
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 20 | | 2018.
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