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91_SB1053
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 26-2a.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 26-2a as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/26-2a) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a)
8 Sec. 26-2a. A "truant" is defined as a child subject to
9 compulsory school attendance and who is absent without valid
10 cause from such attendance for a school day or portion
11 thereof.
12 "Valid cause" for absence shall be illness, observance of
13 a 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
16 education in each district, or such other circumstances which
17 cause reasonable concern to the parent for the safety or
18 health of the student.
19 "Chronic or habitual truant" shall be defined as a child
20 subject to compulsory school attendance and who is absent
21 without valid cause from such attendance for 5% 10% or more
22 of the previous 180 regular attendance days.
23 "Truant minor" is defined as a chronic truant to whom
24 supportive services, including prevention, diagnostic,
25 intervention and remedial services, alternative programs and
26 other school and community resources have been provided and
27 have failed to result in the cessation of chronic truancy, or
28 have been offered and refused.
29 A "dropout" is defined as any child enrolled in grades 1
30 through 12 whose name has been removed from the district
31 enrollment roster for any reason other than his death,
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1 extended illness, graduation or completion of a program of
2 studies and who has not transferred to another public or
3 private school.
4 "Religion" for the purposes of this Article, includes all
5 aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as
6 belief.
7 (Source: P.A. 84-1308; 84-1420; 84-1424; 84-1438.)