Bill Title: Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. With respect to the exceptions to the compulsory attendance requirement, provides that absence for cause by illness shall include the mental or behavioral health of a student for up to 5 days for which the child need not provide a medical note, in which case the child shall be given the opportunity to make up any school work missed during the mental or behavioral health absence.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-2)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0321 [SB1577 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Robert Martwick [D]	Primary	N/A	217-782-1035	SD-010	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Hastings [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-9595	SD-019	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Christopher Belt [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5399	SD-057	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jacqueline Collins [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-016	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Omar Aquino [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5652	SD-002	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Melinda Bush [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-031	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Suzanne Glowiak Hilton [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8148	SD-023	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Robert Peters [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5338	SD-013	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Adriane Johnson [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8181	SD-030	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Laura Murphy [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-3875	SD-028	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Celina Villanueva [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5304	SD-012	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Connor [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-043	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Elgie Sims [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-3201	SD-017	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ann Gillespie [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	SD-027	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mattie Hunter [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5966	SD-003	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Laura Fine [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-2119	SD-009	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Doris Turner [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-0228	SD-048	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kimberly Lightford [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8505	SD-004	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Steve Stadelman [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8022	SD-034	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lindsey LaPointe [D]	Primary	N/A	217-782-8400	HD-019	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kambium Buckner [D]	Cosponsor	Email	217-782-2023	HD-026	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Emanuel Welch [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5350	HD-007	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tony McCombie [R]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-3992	HD-089	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Norine Hammond [R]	Cosponsor	Email	217-782-0416	HD-094	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Janet Yang Rohr [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-6507	HD-041	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dagmara Avelar [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-4179	HD-085	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Barbara Hernandez [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-558-1002	HD-050	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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