Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Filed: 5/23/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1307

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1307 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
526-1 and 26-2 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/26-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 26-1)
7    Sec. 26-1. Compulsory school age-Exemptions. Whoever has
8custody or control of any child (i) between the ages of 7 and
917 years (unless the child has already graduated from high
10school) for school years before the 2014-2015 school year or
11(ii) between the ages of 6 (on or before September 1) and 17
12years (unless the child has already graduated from high school)
13beginning with the 2014-2015 school year shall cause such child
14to attend some public school in the district wherein the child
15resides the entire time it is in session during the regular
16school term, except as provided in Section 10-19.1, and during

 

 

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1a required summer school program established under Section
210-22.33B; provided, that the following children shall not be
3required to attend the public schools:
4        1. Any child attending a private or a parochial school
5    where children are taught the branches of education taught
6    to children of corresponding age and grade in the public
7    schools, and where the instruction of the child in the
8    branches of education is in the English language;
9        2. Any child who is physically or mentally unable to
10    attend school, such disability being certified to the
11    county or district truant officer by a competent physician
12    licensed in Illinois to practice medicine and surgery in
13    all its branches, a chiropractic physician licensed under
14    the Medical Practice Act of 1987, an advanced practice
15    nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with a
16    collaborating physician that authorizes the advanced
17    practice nurse to perform health examinations, a physician
18    assistant who has been delegated the authority to perform
19    health examinations by his or her supervising physician, or
20    a Christian Science practitioner residing in this State and
21    listed in the Christian Science Journal; or who is excused
22    for temporary absence for cause by the principal or teacher
23    of the school which the child attends; the exemptions in
24    this paragraph (2) do not apply to any female who is
25    pregnant or the mother of one or more children, except
26    where a female is unable to attend school due to a

 

 

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1    complication arising from her pregnancy and the existence
2    of such complication is certified to the county or district
3    truant officer by a competent physician;
4        3. Any child necessarily and lawfully employed
5    according to the provisions of the law regulating child
6    labor may be excused from attendance at school by the
7    county superintendent of schools or the superintendent of
8    the public school which the child should be attending, on
9    certification of the facts by and the recommendation of the
10    school board of the public school district in which the
11    child resides. In districts having part time continuation
12    schools, children so excused shall attend such schools at
13    least 8 hours each week;
14        4. Any child over 12 and under 14 years of age while in
15    attendance at confirmation classes;
16        5. Any child absent from a public school on a
17    particular day or days or at a particular time of day for
18    the reason that he is unable to attend classes or to
19    participate in any examination, study or work requirements
20    on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day,
21    because the tenets of his religion forbid secular activity
22    on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day.
23    Each school board shall prescribe rules and regulations
24    relative to absences for religious holidays including, but
25    not limited to, a list of religious holidays on which it
26    shall be mandatory to excuse a child; but nothing in this

 

 

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1    paragraph 5 shall be construed to limit the right of any
2    school board, at its discretion, to excuse an absence on
3    any other day by reason of the observance of a religious
4    holiday. A school board may require the parent or guardian
5    of a child who is to be excused from attending school due
6    to the observance of a religious holiday to give notice,
7    not exceeding 5 days, of the child's absence to the school
8    principal or other school personnel. Any child excused from
9    attending school under this paragraph 5 shall not be
10    required to submit a written excuse for such absence after
11    returning to school; and
12        6. Any child 16 years of age or older who (i) submits
13    to a school district evidence of necessary and lawful
14    employment pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Section and (ii)
15    is enrolled in a graduation incentives program pursuant to
16    Section 26-16 of this Code or an alternative learning
17    opportunities program established pursuant to Article 13B
18    of this Code.
19(Source: P.A. 96-367, eff. 8-13-09.)
 
20    (105 ILCS 5/26-2)  (from Ch. 122, par. 26-2)
21    Sec. 26-2. Enrolled pupils not of compulsory school age
22below 7 or over 17.
23    (a) For school years before the 2014-2015 school year, any
24Any person having custody or control of a child who is below
25the age of 7 years or is 17 years of age or above and who is

 

 

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1enrolled in any of grades kindergarten through 12 in the public
2school shall cause him to attend the public school in the
3district wherein he resides when it is in session during the
4regular school term, unless he is excused under paragraph 2, 3,
54, 5, or 6 of Section 26-1. Beginning with the 2014-2015 school
6year, any person having custody or control of a child who is
7below the age of 6 years or is 17 years of age or above and who
8is enrolled in any of grades kindergarten through 12 in the
9public school shall cause the child to attend the public school
10in the district wherein he or she resides when it is in session
11during the regular school term, unless the child is excused
12under paragraph 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 of Section 26-1 of this Code.
13    (b) A school district shall deny reenrollment in its
14secondary schools to any child 19 years of age or above who has
15dropped out of school and who could not, because of age and
16lack of credits, attend classes during the normal school year
17and graduate before his or her twenty-first birthday. A
18district may, however, enroll the child in a graduation
19incentives program under Section 26-16 of this Code or an
20alternative learning opportunities program established under
21Article 13B. No child shall be denied reenrollment for the
22above reasons unless the school district first offers the child
23due process as required in cases of expulsion under Section
2410-22.6. If a child is denied reenrollment after being provided
25with due process, the school district must provide counseling
26to that child and must direct that child to alternative

 

 

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1educational programs, including adult education programs, that
2lead to graduation or receipt of a GED diploma.
3    (c) A school or school district may deny enrollment to a
4student 17 years of age or older for one semester for failure
5to meet minimum academic standards if all of the following
6conditions are met:
7        (1) The student achieved a grade point average of less
8    than "D" (or its equivalent) in the semester immediately
9    prior to the current semester.
10        (2) The student and the student's parent or guardian
11    are given written notice warning that the student is
12    failing academically and is subject to denial from
13    enrollment for one semester unless a "D" average (or its
14    equivalent) or better is attained in the current semester.
15        (3) The parent or guardian is provided with the right
16    to appeal the notice, as determined by the State Board of
17    Education in accordance with due process.
18        (4) The student is provided with an academic
19    improvement plan and academic remediation services.
20        (5) The student fails to achieve a "D" average (or its
21    equivalent) or better in the current semester.
22    A school or school district may deny enrollment to a
23student 17 years of age or older for one semester for failure
24to meet minimum attendance standards if all of the following
25conditions are met:
26        (1) The student was absent without valid cause for 20%

 

 

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1    or more of the attendance days in the semester immediately
2    prior to the current semester.
3        (2) The student and the student's parent or guardian
4    are given written notice warning that the student is
5    subject to denial from enrollment for one semester unless
6    the student is absent without valid cause less than 20% of
7    the attendance days in the current semester.
8        (3) The student's parent or guardian is provided with
9    the right to appeal the notice, as determined by the State
10    Board of Education in accordance with due process.
11        (4) The student is provided with attendance
12    remediation services, including without limitation
13    assessment, counseling, and support services.
14        (5) The student is absent without valid cause for 20%
15    or more of the attendance days in the current semester.
16    A school or school district may not deny enrollment to a
17student (or reenrollment to a dropout) who is at least 17 years
18of age or older but below 19 years for more than one
19consecutive semester for failure to meet academic or attendance
20standards.
21    (d) No child may be denied enrollment or reenrollment under
22this Section in violation of the Individuals with Disabilities
23Education Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act.
24    (e) In this subsection (e), "reenrolled student" means a
25dropout who has reenrolled full-time in a public school. Each
26school district shall identify, track, and report on the

 

 

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1educational progress and outcomes of reenrolled students as a
2subset of the district's required reporting on all enrollments.
3A reenrolled student who again drops out must not be counted
4again against a district's dropout rate performance measure.
5The State Board of Education shall set performance standards
6for programs serving reenrolled students.
7    (f) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules
8necessary to implement the changes to this Section made by
9Public Act 93-803.
10(Source: P.A. 95-417, eff. 8-24-07.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
122014.".