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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3179 Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. John D. Cavaletto SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 105 ILCS 5/26-2a | from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that a chronic or habitual truant shall be defined as a child who is subject to compulsory
school attendance and who is absent without valid cause from such attendance
for 5% (instead of 10%) or more of the previous 180 regular attendance days. Effective immediately.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB3179 | | LRB097 07424 NHT 47533 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 26-2a as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/26-2a) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a) |
| 7 | | Sec. 26-2a. A "truant" is defined as a child subject to |
| 8 | | compulsory school
attendance and who is absent without valid |
| 9 | | cause from such attendance for
a school day or portion thereof. |
| 10 | | "Valid cause" for absence shall be illness, observance of a |
| 11 | | religious
holiday, death in the immediate family,
family |
| 12 | | emergency, and shall include such other situations beyond the |
| 13 | | control
of the student as determined by the board of education |
| 14 | | in each district,
or such other circumstances which cause |
| 15 | | reasonable concern to the parent
for the safety or health of |
| 16 | | the student. |
| 17 | | "Chronic or habitual truant" shall be defined as a child |
| 18 | | who is subject to compulsory
school attendance and who is |
| 19 | | absent without valid cause from such attendance
for 5% 10% or |
| 20 | | more of the previous 180 regular attendance days. |
| 21 | | "Truant minor" is defined as a chronic truant to whom |
| 22 | | supportive
services, including prevention, diagnostic, |
| 23 | | intervention and remedial
services, alternative programs and |