(105 ILCS 5/13-44.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 13-44.3)
Sec. 13-44.3. In order to fully carry out the purpose of this Act, the
School District through its Board or designated supervisory personnel,
with the approval of the Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice, may
authorize field trips outside of the particular institution or facility
where a school is established and may remove students therefrom or may with the
approval of the Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice transfer inmates
and wards to other schools and other facilities where particular subject
matter or facilities are more suited to or are needed to complete the
inmates' or wards' education. The
Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice may authorize an educational furlough for an inmate or
ward to attend institutions of higher education, other schools, vocational
or technical schools or enroll and attend classes in subjects not available
within the School District, to be financed by the inmate or ward or any
grant or scholarship which may be available,
including school aid funds of any kind when approved by the Board and the
Director of the Department.
The Department of Juvenile Justice may extend the limits of the place of
confinement of an inmate or ward under the above
conditions and for the above purposes, to leave for the aforesaid reasons,
the confines of such place, accompanied or unaccompanied, in the discretion
of the Director of such Department by a custodial agent or educational
personnel.
The willful failure of an inmate or ward to remain within the extended
limits of his or her confinement or to return within the time prescribed to the
place of confinement designated by the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice in
granting such extension or when ordered to return by the custodial personnel or
the educational personnel or other departmental order shall be deemed an
escape from the custody of such Department and punishable as provided in
the Unified Code of Corrections as to the Department of Corrections inmates, and the applicable provision of the Juvenile Court Act
of 1987 shall apply to wards of the
Department of Juvenile Justice who might abscond.
(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)
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