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705 ILCS 405/3-4 from Ch. 37, par. 803-4
705 ILCS 405/3-33 from Ch. 37, par. 803-33
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. In Article
concerning minors requiring authoritative intervention,
provides that a law enforcement officer shall return a truant
minor to school. If the minor refuses to return to school,
the minor shall be held in limited custody. Provides that a
truant minor in need of supervision may be held in detention
for a period not to exceed 30 days. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 by
2 changing Section 3-33.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
6 changing Section 3-33 as follows:
7 (705 ILCS 405/3-33) (from Ch. 37, par. 803-33)
8 Sec. 3-33. Truant Minor in Need of Supervision.
9 (a) Definition. A Any minor who is reported by a
10 regional superintendent of schools, in a county of less than
11 2,000,000 inhabitants, as a chronic truant (i) to whom
12 prevention, diagnostic, intervention and remedial services
13 and alternative programs and other school and community
14 resources have been provided and have failed to result in the
15 cessation of chronic truancy, or (ii) to whom such services,
16 programs and resources have been offered and have been
17 refused, shall be adjudged a truant minor in need of
18 supervision.
19 (a-1) There is a rebuttable presumption that a chronic
20 truant is a truant minor in need of supervision.
21 (a-2) There is a rebuttable presumption that school
22 records of a minor's attendance at school are authentic.
23 (a-3) For purposes of this Section, "chronic truant" has
24 the meaning ascribed to it in Section 26-2a of the School
25 Code.
26 (b) Kinds of dispositional orders. A minor found to be
27 a truant minor in need of supervision may be:
28 (1) committed to the appropriate regional
29 superintendent of schools for a multi-disciplinary case
30 staffing, individualized educational plan or service plan, or
31 referral to comprehensive community-based youth services;
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1 (2) required to comply with an individualized
2 educational plan or service plan as specifically provided by
3 the appropriate regional superintendent of schools;
4 (3) ordered to obtain counseling or other supportive
5 services;
6 (4) subject to a fine in an amount in excess of $5, but
7 not exceeding $100, and each day of absence without valid
8 cause as defined in Section 26-2a of The School Code is a
9 separate offense;
10 (5) required to perform some reasonable public service
11 work such as, but not limited to, the picking up of litter in
12 public parks or along public highways or the maintenance of
13 public facilities; or
14 (6) subject to having his or her driver's license or
15 privilege suspended.
16 (c) Orders entered under this Section may be enforced by
17 contempt proceedings.
18 (Source: P.A. 85-1235.)
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.