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Full Text of HB3402  99th General Assembly

HB3402 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3402

 

Introduced , by Rep. Silvana Tabares

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/26-10  from Ch. 122, par. 26-10

    Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the penalty for knowingly and willfully permitting a child to persist in his or her truancy, provides that any person having custody or control of a child who is receiving special education services is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and is subject to not more than 6 months' imprisonment or a fine of up to $1,000 or both upon conviction for knowingly and willfully persisting in the child's truancy.


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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 changing Section
526-10 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/26-10)  (from Ch. 122, par. 26-10)
7    Sec. 26-10. Fine for noncompliance.) Any person having
8custody or control of a child subject to the provisions of this
9Article to whom notice has been given of the child's truancy
10and who knowingly and wilfully permits such a child to persist
11in his or her truancy within that school year, upon conviction
12thereof shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be
13subject to not more than 30 days imprisonment and/or a fine of
14up to $500. However, if the child is receiving special
15education services under Article 14 of this Code, any person
16having custody or control of that child is guilty of a Class B
17misdemeanor and is subject to not more than 6 months'
18imprisonment or a fine of up to $1,000 or both upon conviction
19for knowingly and willfully persisting in the child's truancy.
20(Source: P.A. 80-908.)