Full Text of SB0030 94th General Assembly
SB0030eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning courts.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 3-33 as follows:
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| (705 ILCS 405/3-33) (from Ch. 37, par. 803-33)
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| Sec. 3-33. Truant Minor in Need of Supervision.
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| (a) Definition. A
minor who is reported by a regional | 9 |
| superintendent of schools,
or except in cities of over 500,000 | 10 |
| inhabitants, by the Office of Chronic Truant
Adjudication,
as a | 11 |
| chronic truant may be subject to a petition as and shall be | 12 |
| adjudged a
truant minor in need of supervision , provided that | 13 |
| prior to the filing of the petition, a comprehensive community | 14 |
| based youth service agency shall have certified that the minor | 15 |
| has been referred to that agency for truancy intervention | 16 |
| services, and the regional superintendent or Office of Chronic | 17 |
| Truant Adjudication shall have certified that truancy | 18 |
| intervention services have not resulted in the cessation of | 19 |
| chronic truancy after 180 days of the referral for truancy | 20 |
| intervention services .
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| (a-1) There is a rebuttable presumption that a chronic | 22 |
| truant is a truant
minor in need of supervision.
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| (a-2) There is a rebuttable presumption that school records | 24 |
| of a minor's
attendance at school are authentic.
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| (a-3) For purposes of this Section, "chronic truant" means | 26 |
| a minor subject to compulsory school attendance and who is | 27 |
| absent without valid cause from such attendance for 10% or more | 28 |
| of the previous 180 regular attendance days, and has the | 29 |
| meaning
ascribed to it in Section 26-2a of the School Code.
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| (a-4) For purposes of this Section, "truancy intervention | 31 |
| services" means services provided by a comprehensive community | 32 |
| based youth service agency that are designed to assist the |
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| minor's return to an educational program, and includes | 2 |
| assessments, counseling, mental health services, shelter, | 3 |
| tutoring, and educational advocacy.
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| (b) Kinds of dispositional orders. A minor adjudicated
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| found to be a truant minor
in need of supervision may be:
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| (1) committed to the appropriate
regional | 7 |
| superintendent of schools for a multi-disciplinary case | 8 |
| staffing,
individualized
educational plan or service plan, | 9 |
| or referral to comprehensive
community-based youth | 10 |
| services;
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| (2) required to comply with an individualized | 12 |
| educational plan or service
plan as specifically provided | 13 |
| by the appropriate regional superintendent of
schools;
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| (3) ordered to obtain counseling or other supportive | 15 |
| services;
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| (4) subject to a fine in an amount in excess of $5, but | 17 |
| not exceeding
$100, and each day of absence without valid | 18 |
| cause as defined in Section 26-2a
of The School Code is a | 19 |
| separate offense;
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| (5) required to perform some reasonable public service | 21 |
| work such as, but
not limited to, the picking up of litter | 22 |
| in public parks or along public
highways or the maintenance | 23 |
| of public facilities; or
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| (6) subject to having his or her driver's license or | 25 |
| driving privilege
suspended for a period of time as | 26 |
| determined by the court but only until he
or she attains 18 | 27 |
| years of age.
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| A dispositional order may include a fine, public service, | 29 |
| or
suspension of a driver's license or privilege only if the | 30 |
| court has made an
express written finding that a truancy | 31 |
| prevention program has been offered by
the school, regional | 32 |
| superintendent of schools, or a comprehensive community based | 33 |
| youth social service
agency to the truant minor in need of | 34 |
| supervision.
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| (c)
Orders entered under this Section may be enforced by | 36 |
| contempt
proceedings.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-143, eff. 7-23-97; 90-380, eff. 8-14-97; | 2 |
| 90-590, eff.
1-1-99; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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