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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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| | SB3537 | | LRB100 19133 AXK 34398 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: |
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 |