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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
Sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 26-1, 26-2, and 26-14 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-1)
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7 | Sec. 26-1. Compulsory school age ; exemptions.
Whoever has | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | custody or control of any child between the ages of 7 and 17
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9 | years (unless the child has already graduated from high school)
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10 | shall cause
such child to attend some public school in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | district
wherein the child resides the entire time it is in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | session during the
regular school term, except as provided in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Section 10-19.1, and during a
required summer school program | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | established under Section 10-22.33B; provided,
that
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15 | following children shall not be required to attend the public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | schools:
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17 | 1. Any child attending a private or a parochial school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | where children
are taught the branches of education taught to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | children of corresponding
age and grade in the public schools, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | and where the instruction of the child
in the branches of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | education is in the English language;
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22 | 2. Any child who is physically or mentally unable to attend | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | school, such
disability being certified to the county or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | district truant officer by a
competent physician or a Christian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Science practitioner residing in this
State and listed in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Christian Science Journal; or who is excused for
temporary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | absence for cause by
the principal or teacher of the school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | which the child attends; the exemptions
in this paragraph (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | do not apply to any female who is pregnant or the
mother of one | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | or more children, except where a female is unable to attend
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31 | school due to a complication arising from her pregnancy and the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | existence
of such complication is certified to the county or |
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1 | district truant officer
by a competent physician;
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2 | 3. Any child necessarily and lawfully employed according to | ||||||
3 | the
provisions of the law regulating child labor may be excused | ||||||
4 | from attendance
at school by the county superintendent of | ||||||
5 | schools or the superintendent of
the public school which the | ||||||
6 | child should be attending, on certification of
the facts by and | ||||||
7 | the recommendation of the school board of the public
school | ||||||
8 | district in which the child resides. In districts having part | ||||||
9 | time
continuation schools, children so excused shall attend | ||||||
10 | such schools at
least 8 hours each week;
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11 | 4. Any child over 12 and under 14 years of age while in | ||||||
12 | attendance at
confirmation classes;
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13 | 5. Any child absent from a public school on a particular | ||||||
14 | day or days
or at a particular time of day for the reason that | ||||||
15 | he is unable to attend
classes or to participate in any | ||||||
16 | examination, study or work requirements on
a particular day or | ||||||
17 | days or at a particular time of day, because the tenets
of his | ||||||
18 | religion forbid secular activity on a particular day or days or | ||||||
19 | at a
particular time of day. Each school board shall prescribe | ||||||
20 | rules and
regulations relative to absences for religious | ||||||
21 | holidays including, but not
limited to, a list of religious | ||||||
22 | holidays on which it shall be mandatory to
excuse a child; but | ||||||
23 | nothing in this paragraph 5 shall be construed to limit
the | ||||||
24 | right of any school board, at its discretion, to excuse an | ||||||
25 | absence on
any other day by reason of the observance of a | ||||||
26 | religious holiday. A school
board may require the parent or | ||||||
27 | guardian of a child who is to be excused
from attending school | ||||||
28 | due to the observance of a religious holiday to give
notice, | ||||||
29 | not exceeding 5 days, of the child's absence to the school
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30 | principal or other school personnel. Any child excused from | ||||||
31 | attending
school under this paragraph 5 shall not be required | ||||||
32 | to submit a written
excuse for such absence after returning to | ||||||
33 | school.
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34 | (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
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35 | (105 ILCS 5/26-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-2)
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1 | Sec. 26-2. Enrolled pupils below 7 or 17 or over 16 . Any | ||||||
2 | person
having custody or
control of a child who is below the | ||||||
3 | age of 7 years or is 17 years of age or
above the age of 16 | ||||||
4 | years
and who is enrolled in any of grades 1 through 12, in the | ||||||
5 | public school shall
cause him to attend the public school in | ||||||
6 | the district wherein he resides when
it is in session during | ||||||
7 | the regular school term unless he is excused under
paragraphs | ||||||
8 | 2, 3, 4 or 5 of Section 26-1.
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9 | A school district shall deny reenrollment in its secondary | ||||||
10 | schools to any
child 17 years of age or above the age of 16 | ||||||
11 | years who has dropped out
of school
and who could
not, because | ||||||
12 | of age and lack of credits, attend classes during the normal
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13 | school year and graduate before his or her twenty-first | ||||||
14 | birthday.
A district may, however, enroll the child in an | ||||||
15 | alternative learning
opportunities program established
under | ||||||
16 | Article 13B.
No
child shall be denied reenrollment for the | ||||||
17 | above reasons
unless the school district first offers the child
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18 | due process as required in cases of expulsion under Section
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19 | 10-22.6. If a child is denied reenrollment after being provided | ||||||
20 | with due
process, the school district must provide counseling | ||||||
21 | to that child and
must direct that child to
alternative | ||||||
22 | educational
programs, including adult education programs, that | ||||||
23 | lead to graduation or
receipt of a GED diploma. No child may be | ||||||
24 | denied reenrollment in violation
of the Individuals with | ||||||
25 | Disabilities Education Act or the Americans with
Disabilities | ||||||
26 | Act.
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27 | (Source: P.A. 92-42, eff. 1-1-02.)
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28 | (105 ILCS 5/26-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-14)
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29 | Sec. 26-14. Truancy programs for dropouts. Any dropout, as | ||||||
30 | defined in
Section 26-2a, who is 17
whose age is 16 or greater, | ||||||
31 | but less than 18 years of age ,
may apply to a school district
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32 | for status as a truant, and the school district shall permit | ||||||
33 | such person to
participate in the district's various programs | ||||||
34 | and resources for truants.
At the time of the person's | ||||||
35 | application, the district may request
documentation of his |
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1 | dropout status for the previous 6 months.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 85-629 .)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August 1, | ||||||
4 | 2004. |