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]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2017-08-31	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2017-08-29	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2017-04-27	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2017-02-10	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 005	2017-08-28	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 004	2017-08-16	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 003	2017-08-07	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 002	2017-07-01	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2017-06-30	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 001	2017-02-28	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

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