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| AN ACT with regard to schools.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
Section |
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| 26-2 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/26-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-2)
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| Sec. 26-2. Enrolled pupils below 7 or over 16.
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| (a) Any person having custody or
control of a child who is |
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| below the age of 7 years or above the age of 16 years
and who is |
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| enrolled in any of grades 1 through 12, in the public school |
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| shall
cause him to attend the public school in the district |
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| wherein he resides when
it is in session during the regular |
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| school term unless he is excused under
paragraphs 2, 3, 4 or 5 |
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| of Section 26-1.
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| (b) A school district shall deny reenrollment in its |
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| secondary schools
to any
child above the age of 19
16 years who |
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| has dropped out of school
and who could
not, because of age and |
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| lack of credits, attend classes during the normal
school year |
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| and graduate before his or her twenty-first birthday.
A |
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| district may, however, enroll the child in an alternative |
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| learning
opportunities program established
under Article 13B.
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| No
child shall be denied reenrollment for the above reasons
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| unless the school district first offers the child
due process |
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| as required in cases of expulsion under Section
10-22.6. If a |
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| child is denied reenrollment after being provided with due
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| process, the school district must provide counseling to that |
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| child and
must direct that child to
alternative educational
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| programs, including adult education programs, that lead to |
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| graduation or
receipt of a GED diploma.
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| (c) A school or school district may deny enrollment to a |
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| student 16 years
of age
or older for one semester for failure |
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| to meet minimum academic standards if all
of the
following |