Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a chronic or habitual truant shall be defined as a child who is subject to compulsory school attendance and who is absent without valid cause from such attendance for 5% (instead of 10%) or more of the previous 180 regular attendance days. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 7)

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0218 [HB3179 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	Third Reading in Senate	2011-05-12	57	0	2	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2011-03-30	108	6	0	2	116	Passed	Link	View