Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
Filed: 5/18/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 834
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 834 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 11-1-8a as follows: | ||||||
6 | (65 ILCS 5/11-1-8a new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 11-1-8a. Agreements with school districts concerning | ||||||
8 | truancy. The corporate authorities of each municipality may | ||||||
9 | enter into agreements and cooperate with a school district for | ||||||
10 | purposes related to the enforcement of the provisions of | ||||||
11 | Article 26 of the School Code. | ||||||
12 | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
13 | 26-2a and 26-5 as follows:
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14 | (105 ILCS 5/26-2a) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a)
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15 | Sec. 26-2a. A "truant" is defined as a child subject to | ||||||
16 | compulsory school
attendance and who is absent without valid | ||||||
17 | cause from such attendance for
a school day or portion thereof.
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18 | "Valid cause" for absence shall be illness, observance of a | ||||||
19 | religious
holiday, death in the immediate family,
family | ||||||
20 | emergency, and shall include such other situations beyond the | ||||||
21 | control
of the student as determined by the board of education | ||||||
22 | in each district,
or such other circumstances which cause |
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1 | reasonable concern to the parent
for the safety or health of | ||||||
2 | the student.
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3 | "Chronic or habitual truant" shall be defined as a child | ||||||
4 | subject to compulsory
school attendance and who is absent | ||||||
5 | without valid cause from such attendance
for 10% or more of the | ||||||
6 | previous 180 regular attendance days.
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7 | "Truant minor" is defined as a chronic truant to whom | ||||||
8 | supportive
services, including prevention, diagnostic, | ||||||
9 | intervention and remedial
services, alternative programs and | ||||||
10 | other school and community resources
have been provided and | ||||||
11 | have failed to result in the cessation of chronic
truancy, or | ||||||
12 | have been offered and refused.
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13 | "Truant officer" means any person designated as the truant | ||||||
14 | officer of a school district or a county or any person | ||||||
15 | designated as a truant officer in accordance with an agreement | ||||||
16 | between a municipality and a school district under Section | ||||||
17 | 11-1-8a of the Illinois Municipal Code.
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18 | A "dropout" is defined as any child enrolled in grades 1 | ||||||
19 | through 12 whose
name has been removed from the district | ||||||
20 | enrollment roster for any reason
other than his death, extended | ||||||
21 | illness, graduation or completion of a
program of studies and | ||||||
22 | who has not transferred to another public or private school.
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23 | "Religion" for the purposes of this Article, includes all | ||||||
24 | aspects of
religious observance and practice, as well as | ||||||
25 | belief.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 84-1308; 84-1420; 84-1424; 84-1438.)
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27 | (105 ILCS 5/26-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-5)
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28 | Sec. 26-5. Duties
of truant officers.
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29 | The truant officer of the school district or any other | ||||||
30 | person designated as a truant officer in accordance with an | ||||||
31 | agreement between a municipality and a school district under | ||||||
32 | Section 11-1-8a of the Illinois Municipal Code , whenever | ||||||
33 | notified by the
Superintendent, teacher, or other person of |
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1 | violations of this Article, or
the county truant officer, when | ||||||
2 | notified by the County Superintendent,
shall investigate all | ||||||
3 | cases of truancy or non-attendance at school in their
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4 | respective jurisdictions, and if the children complained of are | ||||||
5 | not exempt
under the provisions of this Article, the truant | ||||||
6 | officer shall proceed as
is provided in this Article. The | ||||||
7 | county truant officer, within the county
and the district | ||||||
8 | truant officers, within their respective districts, shall
in | ||||||
9 | the exercise of their duties be conservators of the peace and | ||||||
10 | shall keep
the same, suppress riots, routs, affray, fighting, | ||||||
11 | breaches of the peace,
and prevent crime; and may arrest | ||||||
12 | offenders on view and cause them to be
brought before proper | ||||||
13 | officials for trial or examination.
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14 | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
16 | becoming law.".
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