Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

Adopted in House Comm. on May 08, 2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1165

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1165 on page 1,
3 line 6, after "18-11,", by inserting "26-3a,"; and
 
4 on page 18, immediately below line 9, by inserting the
5 following:
 
6     "(105 ILCS 5/26-3a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 26-3a)
7     (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 94-916)
8     Sec. 26-3a. Report of pupils no longer enrolled in school.
9     The clerk or secretary of the school board of all school
10 districts shall furnish quarterly on the first school day of
11 October, January, April and July to the regional superintendent
12 a list of pupils, excluding transferees, who have been expelled
13 or have withdrawn or who have left school and have been removed
14 from the regular attendance rolls during the period of time
15 school was in regular session from the time of the previous
16 quarterly report. Such list shall include the names and

 

 

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1 addresses of pupils formerly in attendance, the names and
2 addresses of persons having custody or control of such pupils,
3 the reason, if known, such pupils are no longer in attendance
4 and the date of removal from the attendance rolls. The regional
5 superintendent shall inform the county or district truant
6 officer who shall investigate to see that such pupils are in
7 compliance with the requirements of this Article.
8     In addition, the regional superintendent of schools of each
9 educational service region shall report to the State Board of
10 Education, in January of 1992 and in January of each year
11 thereafter, the number and ages of dropouts, as defined in
12 Section 26-2a, in his educational service region during the
13 school year that ended in the immediately preceding calendar
14 year, together with any efforts, activities and programs
15 undertaken, established, implemented or coordinated by the
16 regional superintendent of schools that have been effective in
17 inducing dropouts to re-enroll in school.
18 (Source: P.A. 87-303.)
 
19     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 94-916)
20     Sec. 26-3a. Report of pupils no longer enrolled in school.
21     The clerk or secretary of the school board of all school
22 districts shall furnish quarterly on the first school day of
23 October, January, April and July to the regional superintendent
24 and to the Secretary of State a list of pupils, excluding
25 transferees, who have been expelled or have withdrawn or who

 

 

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1 have left school and have been removed from the regular
2 attendance rolls during the period of time school was in
3 regular session from the time of the previous quarterly report.
4 Such list shall include the names and addresses of pupils
5 formerly in attendance, the names and addresses of persons
6 having custody or control of such pupils, the reason, if known,
7 such pupils are no longer in attendance and the date of removal
8 from the attendance rolls. The list shall also include the
9 names of: pupils whose withdrawal is due to extraordinary
10 circumstances, including but not limited to economic or medical
11 necessity or family hardship, as determined by the criteria
12 established by the school district; pupils who have re-enrolled
13 in school since their names were removed from the attendance
14 rolls; any pupil certified to be a chronic or habitual truant,
15 as defined in Section 26-2a; and pupils previously certified as
16 chronic or habitual truants who have resumed regular school
17 attendance. The regional superintendent shall inform the
18 county or district truant officer who shall investigate to see
19 that such pupils are in compliance with the requirements of
20 this Article.
21     Each local school district shall establish, in writing, a
22 set of criteria for use by the local superintendent of schools
23 in determining whether a pupil's failure to attend school is
24 the result of extraordinary circumstances, including but not
25 limited to economic or medical necessity or family hardship.
26     If a pupil re-enrolls in school after his or her name was

 

 

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1 removed from the attendance rolls or resumes regular attendance
2 after being certified a chronic or habitual truant, the pupil
3 must obtain and forward to the Secretary of State, on a form
4 designated by the Secretary of State, verification of his or
5 her re-enrollment. The verification may be in the form of a
6 signature or seal or in any other form determined by the school
7 board.
8     In addition, the regional superintendent of schools of each
9 educational service region shall report to the State Board of
10 Education, in January of 1992 and in January of each year
11 thereafter, the number and ages of dropouts, as defined in
12 Section 26-2a, in his educational service region during the
13 school year that ended in the immediately preceding calendar
14 year, together with any efforts, activities and programs
15 undertaken, established, implemented or coordinated by the
16 regional superintendent of schools that have been effective in
17 inducing dropouts to re-enroll in school. The State Board of
18 Education shall, if possible, make available to any person,
19 upon request, a comparison of drop out rates before and after
20 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
21 Assembly.
22 (Source: P.A. 94-916, eff. 7-1-07.)"; and
 
23 on page 28, by deleting line 23; and
 
24 on page 28, by deleting line 25; and
 

 

 

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1 on page 29, line 4, by deleting "18-14,"; and
 
2 on page 29, line 4, by deleting "26-3a,"; and
 
3 on page 29, immediately below line 4, by inserting the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
6 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
7 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
8 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
9 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
10 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
11 Public Act.".