Bill Text: IL HB3402 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the penalty for knowingly and willfully permitting a child to persist in his or her truancy, provides that any person having custody or control of a child who is receiving special education services is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and is subject to not more than 6 months' imprisonment or a fine of up to $1,000 or both upon conviction for knowingly and willfully persisting in the child's truancy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3402 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3402-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3402 Introduced , by Rep. Silvana Tabares SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/26-10 from Ch. 122, par. 26-10
Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the penalty for knowingly and willfully permitting a child to persist in his or her truancy, provides that any person having custody or control of a child who is receiving special education services is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and is subject to not more than 6 months' imprisonment or a fine of up to $1,000 or both upon conviction for knowingly and willfully persisting in the child's truancy.
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
26-10 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/26-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-10)
Sec. 26-10. Fine for noncompliance.) Any person having
custody or control of a child subject to the provisions of this
Article to whom notice has been given of the child's truancy
and who knowingly and wilfully permits such a child to persist
in his or her truancy within that school year, upon conviction
thereof shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be
subject to not more than 30 days imprisonment and/or a fine of
up to $500. However, if the child is receiving special
education services under Article 14 of this Code, any person
having custody or control of that child is guilty of a Class B
misdemeanor and is subject to not more than 6 months'
imprisonment or a fine of up to $1,000 or both upon conviction
for knowingly and willfully persisting in the child's truancy.
(Source: P.A. 80-908.)