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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 3955         </title>
<shortdesc>SCH CD-TRUANCY-COVID-19</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Sen. Sue Rezin and Bill Cunningham</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/10/2023</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>105 ILCS 5/2-3.192 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>105 ILCS 5/3-14.32 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to cooperate with the Chicago school district to locate students that stopped attending school since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and to address issues of truancy and chronic absenteeism. Requires a regional superintendent of schools to increase the regional office of education's capacity to work with school districts to locate students that stopped attending school since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and to address issues of truancy and chronic absenteeism. Effective immediately.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>1/21/2022</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin</action>
<statusdate>1/21/2022</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>1/21/2022</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>2/7/2022</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham</action>
<statusdate>1/10/2023</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</actions>
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