Date	Chamber	Action
8/18/2017	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0156

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

105 ILCS 5/26-18 new

105 ILCS 5/27A-5

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the School Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2018, every school district, charter school, or alternative school or any school receiving public funds shall collect and review its chronic absence data and determine what systems of support and resources are needed to engage chronically absent students and their families to encourage the habit of daily attendance and promote success. Provides that school districts, charter schools, or alternative schools or any school receiving public funds shall provide a system of support to students who are at risk of reaching or exceeding chronic absence levels with strategies such as those available through the Illinois Multi-tiered Systems of Support Network. Requires schools to make resources available to support and engage students. Makes conforming changes.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Provides that certain schools are encouraged to (rather than shall) provide a system of support to students who are at risk of reaching or exceeding chronic absence levels. Provides that schools are additionally encouraged to (rather than shall) make certain resources available to families to support and engage students and their families.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/9/2017	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2/9/2017	House	First Reading
2/9/2017	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/22/2017	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
2/24/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2/24/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/7/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
3/15/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; by Voice Vote
3/15/2017	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 018-000-000
3/15/2017	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/22/2017	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
3/23/2017	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
3/23/2017	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
3/23/2017	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/23/2017	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/30/2017	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-012-001
4/4/2017	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/4/2017	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 5, 2017
4/5/2017	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
4/6/2017	Senate	First Reading
4/6/2017	Senate	Referred to Assignments
5/2/2017	Senate	Approved for Consideration Assignments
5/2/2017	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2017
5/16/2017	Senate	Second Reading
5/16/2017	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2017
5/25/2017	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000
5/25/2017	House	Passed Both Houses
6/23/2017	House	Sent to the Governor
8/18/2017	House	Governor Approved
8/18/2017	House	Effective Date January 1, 2018
8/18/2017	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0156

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