(105 ILCS 5/26-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-3)
Sec. 26-3.
Teachers furnished list-Report of non-attendance-Report
of persons not on list.
The clerk or secretary of the school board of all school districts
except those employing district truant officers shall furnish the
superintendent of schools at the beginning of the school year a list of the names and
addresses of the children living in the district who come under the
provisions of this Article and of persons having custody or control of
such children. The superintendent shall at the opening of school and at other
times when required by the regional superintendent of schools compare the
list with the enrollment of the school or schools and report to the regional
superintendent of schools the names of persons having custody or control
of children included under the provisions of this Article who are truant
or who are chronic or habitual truants for whom supportive services and
other school resources have failed to correct the truant behavior and who are not in
regular attendance at the public school, and the names of such children
and their ages, stating in each case, if known, the cause of such
absence. The report shall also contain the names of any other persons
who were not enumerated in the list at the beginning of school and who
have the custody or control of children not attending school. The regional
superintendent shall, without delay, place such information at the
disposal of the regional truant officer.
(Source: P.A. 80-908.)
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