Bill Title: Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. Allows a child to be absent from school on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day for the reason that his or her parent or legal guardian is an active duty member of the uniformed services and has been called to duty for, is on leave from, or has immediately returned from deployment to a combat zone or combat-support postings. Provides that such a student shall be granted 10 days of excused absences in any school year and, at the discretion of the school board, additional excused absences to visit the student's parent or legal guardian relative to such leave or deployment of the parent or legal guardian. Requires the student and parent or legal guardian to obtain assignments from the student's teacher prior to any period of excused absence and for ensuring that such assignments are completed by the student prior to his or her return to school from such period of excused absence. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0185
[HB3507 Detail]
Bill Drafts
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| Chaptered | 2017-08-21 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Enrolled | 2017-05-26 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Engrossed | 2017-03-24 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Introduced | 2017-02-10 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
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