HB3402 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 26-10 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/26-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-10)

Sec. 26-10. Fine for noncompliance.) Any person having custody or control of a child subject to the provisions of this Article to whom notice has been given of the child's truancy and who knowingly and wilfully permits such a child to persist in his or her truancy within that school year, upon conviction thereof shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be subject to not more than 30 days imprisonment and/or a fine of up to $500. However, if the child is receiving special education services under Article 14 of this Code, any person having custody or control of that child 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.

(Source: P.A. 80-908.)