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90_HB3326
705 ILCS 405/3-33 from Ch. 37, par. 803-33
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Permits the court
to order a parent or guardian of a truant minor in need of
supervision to attend school, from time to time, with the
truant minor or as the court otherwise directs. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 by
2 changing Section 3-33.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
6 changing Section 3-33 as follows:
7 (705 ILCS 405/3-33) (from Ch. 37, par. 803-33)
8 Sec. 3-33. Truant Minor in Need of Supervision.
9 (a) Definition. A minor who is reported by a regional
10 superintendent of schools, or in cities of over 500,000
11 inhabitants, by the Office of Chronic Truant Adjudication, as
12 a chronic truant shall be adjudged a truant minor in need of
13 supervision.
14 (a-1) There is a rebuttable presumption that a chronic
15 truant is a truant minor in need of supervision.
16 (a-2) There is a rebuttable presumption that school
17 records of a minor's attendance at school are authentic.
18 (a-3) For purposes of this Section, "chronic truant" has
19 the meaning ascribed to it in Section 26-2a of the School
20 Code.
21 (b) Kinds of dispositional orders. A minor found to be
22 a truant minor in need of supervision may be:
23 (1) committed to the appropriate regional
24 superintendent of schools for a multi-disciplinary case
25 staffing, individualized educational plan or service plan, or
26 referral to comprehensive community-based youth services;
27 (2) required to comply with an individualized
28 educational plan or service plan as specifically provided by
29 the appropriate regional superintendent of schools;
30 (3) ordered to obtain counseling or other supportive
31 services;
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1 (4) subject to a fine in an amount in excess of $5, but
2 not exceeding $100, for each offense and each day of absence
3 without valid cause as defined in Section 26-2a of The School
4 Code is a separate offense;
5 (5) required to perform some reasonable public service
6 work such as, but not limited to, the picking up of litter in
7 public parks or along public highways or the maintenance of
8 public facilities; or
9 (6) subject to having his or her driver's license or
10 privilege suspended; or .
11 (7) ordered to have his or her parents or guardian
12 attend school from time to time with the truant minor in need
13 of supervision or as the court otherwise directs.
14 A dispositional order may include a fine, public service,
15 or suspension of a driver's license or privilege only if the
16 court has made an express written finding that a truancy
17 prevention program has been offered by the school, regional
18 superintendent of schools, or a community social service
19 agency to the truant minor in need of supervision.
20 (c) Orders entered under this Section may be enforced by
21 contempt proceedings.
22 (Source: P.A. 90-143, eff. 7-23-97; 90-380, eff. 8-14-97;
23 revised 10-23-97.)
24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25 becoming law.
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