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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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Concurrence in Senate	2021-05-30	59	0	0	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2021-05-27	116	0	1	0	117	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2021-04-22	54	0	5	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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