Bill Text: IL HB3199 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Requires a charter school to comply with all applicable absenteeism and truancy policies and requirements applicable to public schools under the laws of the State of Illinois. Sets forth how a charter school must define a truant, chronic or habitual truant, truant minor, and dropout. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0596 [HB3199 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3199-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Requires a charter school to comply with all applicable absenteeism and truancy policies and requirements applicable to public schools under the laws of the State of Illinois. Sets forth how a charter school must define a truant, chronic or habitual truant, truant minor, and dropout. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0596 [HB3199 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3199-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 27A-5.5 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/27A-5.5 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 27A-5.5. Charter school truancy. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) A charter school shall comply with all applicable | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | absenteeism and truancy policies and requirements applicable | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | to public schools under the laws of the State of Illinois. | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | (b) A charter school shall define a truant as a child who | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | is subject to compulsory school attendance and who is absent | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | without valid cause from such attendance for a school day or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | portion thereof. | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | (c) A charter school shall define a chronic or habitual | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | truant as a child who is subject to compulsory school | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | attendance and who is absent without valid cause from such | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | attendance for 5% or more of the previous 180 regular | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | attendance days. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (d) A charter school shall define a truant minor as a | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | chronic truant to whom supportive services, including | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | prevention, diagnostic, intervention, and remedial services, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | alternative programs, and other school and community resources |
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1 | have been provided and have failed to result in the cessation | ||||||
2 | of chronic truancy or have been offered and refused. | ||||||
3 | (e) A charter school shall define a dropout as any child | ||||||
4 | enrolled in grades 9 through 12 whose name has been removed | ||||||
5 | from the charter school enrollment roster for any reason other | ||||||
6 | than the student's death, extended illness, removal for medical | ||||||
7 | non-compliance, expulsion, aging out, graduation, or | ||||||
8 | completion of a program of studies and who has not transferred | ||||||
9 | to another public or private school and is not known to be | ||||||
10 | home-schooled by his or her parents or guardians or continuing | ||||||
11 | school in another country.
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
13 | becoming law.
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