99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3199
 
Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
105 ILCS 5/27A-5.5 new

     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.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
527A-5.5 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/27A-5.5 new)
7    Sec. 27A-5.5. Charter school truancy.
8    (a)  A charter school shall comply with all applicable 
9absenteeism and truancy policies and requirements applicable 
10to public schools under the laws of the State of Illinois.
11    (b)  A charter school shall define a truant as a child who 
12is subject to compulsory school attendance and who is absent 
13without valid cause from such attendance for a school day or 
14portion thereof.
15    (c)  A charter school shall define a chronic or habitual 
16truant as a child who is subject to compulsory school 
17attendance and who is absent without valid cause from such 
18attendance for 5% or more of the previous 180 regular 
19attendance days.
20    (d)  A charter school shall define a truant minor as a 
21chronic truant to whom supportive services, including 
22prevention, diagnostic, intervention, and remedial services, 
23alternative programs, and other school and community resources 
 
 
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1have been provided and have failed to result in the cessation 
2of chronic truancy or have been offered and refused.
3    (e)  A charter school shall define a dropout as any child 
4enrolled in grades 9 through 12 whose name has been removed 
5from the charter school enrollment roster for any reason other 
6than the student's death, extended illness, removal for medical 
7non-compliance, expulsion, aging out, graduation, or 
8completion of a program of studies and who has not transferred 
9to another public or private school and is not known to be 
10home-schooled by his or her parents or guardians or continuing 
11school in another country.
 
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.