Full Text of SB2920 97th General Assembly
SB2920 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB2920 Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Edward D. Maloney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 105 ILCS 5/26-1 | from Ch. 122, par. 26-1 |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the
compulsory school age.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 26-1 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-1)
| 7 | | Sec. 26-1. Compulsory school age-Exemptions. Whoever has | 8 | | custody or control of any child between the
the ages of 7 and | 9 | | 17
years (unless the child has already graduated from high | 10 | | school)
shall cause such child to attend some public school in | 11 | | the 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
the | 15 | | following children shall not be required to attend the public | 16 | | schools: | 17 | | 1. Any child attending a private or a parochial school | 18 | | where children
are taught the branches of education taught | 19 | | to children of corresponding
age and grade in the public | 20 | | schools, and where the instruction of the child
in the | 21 | | branches of education is in the English language;
| 22 | | 2. Any child who is physically or mentally unable to | 23 | | attend school, such
disability being certified to the |
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| 1 | | county or district truant officer by a
competent physician | 2 | | licensed in Illinois to practice medicine and surgery in | 3 | | all its branches, a chiropractic physician licensed under | 4 | | the Medical Practice Act of 1987, an advanced practice | 5 | | nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with a | 6 | | collaborating physician that authorizes the advanced | 7 | | practice nurse to perform health examinations, a physician | 8 | | assistant who has been delegated the authority to perform | 9 | | health examinations by his or her supervising physician, or | 10 | | a Christian Science practitioner residing in this
State and | 11 | | listed in the Christian Science Journal; or who is excused | 12 | | for
temporary absence for cause by
the principal or teacher | 13 | | of the school which the child attends; the exemptions
in | 14 | | this paragraph (2) do not apply to any female who is | 15 | | pregnant or the
mother of one or more children, except | 16 | | where a female is unable to attend
school due to a | 17 | | complication arising from her pregnancy and the existence
| 18 | | of such complication is certified to the county or district | 19 | | truant officer
by a competent physician;
| 20 | | 3. Any child necessarily and lawfully employed | 21 | | according to the
provisions of the law regulating child | 22 | | labor may be excused from attendance
at school by the | 23 | | county superintendent of schools or the superintendent of
| 24 | | the public school which the child should be attending, on | 25 | | certification of
the facts by and the recommendation of the | 26 | | school board of the public
school district in which the |
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| 1 | | child resides. In districts having part time
continuation | 2 | | schools, children so excused shall attend such schools at
| 3 | | least 8 hours each week;
| 4 | | 4. Any child over 12 and under 14 years of age while in | 5 | | attendance at
confirmation classes;
| 6 | | 5. Any child absent from a public school on a | 7 | | particular day or days
or at a particular time of day for | 8 | | the reason that he is unable to attend
classes or to | 9 | | participate in any examination, study or work requirements | 10 | | on
a particular day or days or at a particular time of day, | 11 | | because the tenets
of his religion forbid secular activity | 12 | | on a particular day or days or at a
particular time of day. | 13 | | Each school board shall prescribe rules and
regulations | 14 | | relative to absences for religious holidays including, but | 15 | | not
limited to, a list of religious holidays on which it | 16 | | shall be mandatory to
excuse a child; but nothing in this | 17 | | paragraph 5 shall be construed to limit
the right of any | 18 | | school board, at its discretion, to excuse an absence on
| 19 | | any other day by reason of the observance of a religious | 20 | | holiday. A school
board may require the parent or guardian | 21 | | of a child who is to be excused
from attending school due | 22 | | to the observance of a religious holiday to give
notice, | 23 | | not exceeding 5 days, of the child's absence to the school
| 24 | | principal or other school personnel. Any child excused from | 25 | | attending
school under this paragraph 5 shall not be | 26 | | required to submit a written
excuse for such absence after |
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| 1 | | returning to school; and | 2 | | 6. Any child 16 years of age or older who (i) submits | 3 | | to a school district evidence of necessary and lawful | 4 | | employment pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Section and (ii) | 5 | | is enrolled in a graduation incentives program pursuant to | 6 | | Section 26-16 of this Code or an alternative learning | 7 | | opportunities program established pursuant to Article 13B | 8 | | of this Code.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-367, eff. 8-13-09.)
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