Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2018, every school district, charter school, or alternative school or any school receiving public funds shall collect and review its chronic absence data and determine what systems of support and resources are needed to engage chronically absent students and their families to encourage the habit of daily attendance and promote success. Provides that school districts, charter schools, or alternative schools or any school receiving public funds shall provide a system of support to students who are at risk of reaching or exceeding chronic absence levels with strategies such as those available through the Illinois Multi-tiered Systems of Support Network. Requires schools to make resources available to support and engage students. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2018.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-31 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0465 [SB1947 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	2017-08-29	38	13	8	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2017-08-28	73	34	4	1	112	Passed	Link	View
House	Motion in House	2017-08-28	80	23	8	1	112	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2017-08-28	46	61	5	1	113	Failed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2017-08-16	0	60	45	6	111	Failed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2017-04-27	50	0	9	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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