Bill Text: IL HB3199 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered
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-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 099-0596 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||
27A-5.5 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/27A-5.5 new) | ||||
Sec. 27A-5.5. Charter school truancy. | ||||
(a) A charter school shall comply with all applicable | ||||
absenteeism and truancy policies and requirements applicable | ||||
to public schools under the laws of the State of Illinois. | ||||
(b) A charter school shall define a truant as a child who | ||||
is subject to compulsory school attendance and who is absent | ||||
without valid cause from such attendance for a school day or | ||||
portion thereof. | ||||
(c) A charter school shall define a chronic or habitual | ||||
truant as a child who is subject to compulsory school | ||||
attendance and who is absent without valid cause from such | ||||
attendance for 5% or more of the previous 180 regular | ||||
attendance days. | ||||
(d) A charter school shall define a truant minor as a | ||||
chronic truant to whom supportive services, including | ||||
prevention, diagnostic, intervention, and remedial services, | ||||
alternative programs, and other school and community resources | ||||
have been provided and have failed to result in the cessation | ||
of chronic truancy or have been offered and refused. | ||
(e) A charter school shall define a dropout as any child | ||
enrolled in grades 9 through 12 whose name has been removed | ||
from the charter school enrollment roster for any reason other | ||
than the student's death, extended illness, removal for medical | ||
non-compliance, expulsion, aging out, graduation, or | ||
completion of a program of studies and who has not transferred | ||
to another public or private school and is not known to be | ||
home-schooled by his or her parents or guardians or continuing | ||
school in another country.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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