Public Act 90-0380 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0380
HB2171 Enrolled LRB9004807RCsbA
AN ACT to amend the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 by
changing Section 3-33.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
changing Section 3-33 as follows:
(705 ILCS 405/3-33) (from Ch. 37, par. 803-33)
Sec. 3-33. Truant Minor in Need of Supervision.
(a) Definition. A Any minor who is reported by a
regional superintendent of schools, in a county of less than
2,000,000 inhabitants, as a chronic truant (i) to whom
prevention, diagnostic, intervention and remedial services
and alternative programs and other school and community
resources have been provided and have failed to result in the
cessation of chronic truancy, or (ii) to whom such services,
programs and resources have been offered and have been
refused, shall be adjudged a truant minor in need of
supervision.
(a-1) There is a rebuttable presumption that a chronic
truant is a truant minor in need of supervision.
(a-2) There is a rebuttable presumption that school
records of a minor's attendance at school are authentic.
(a-3) For purposes of this Section, "chronic truant" has
the meaning ascribed to it in Section 26-2a of the School
Code.
(b) Kinds of dispositional orders. A minor found to be
a truant minor in need of supervision may be:
(1) committed to the appropriate regional
superintendent of schools for a multi-disciplinary case
staffing, individualized educational plan or service plan, or
referral to comprehensive community-based youth services;
(2) required to comply with an individualized
educational plan or service plan as specifically provided by
the appropriate regional superintendent of schools;
(3) ordered to obtain counseling or other supportive
services;
(4) subject to a fine in an amount in excess of $5, but
not exceeding $100, and each day of absence without valid
cause as defined in Section 26-2a of The School Code is a
separate offense;
(5) required to perform some reasonable public service
work such as, but not limited to, the picking up of litter in
public parks or along public highways or the maintenance of
public facilities; or
(6) subject to having his or her driver's license or
privilege suspended.
A dispositional order may include a fine, public service,
or suspension of a driver's license or privilege only if the
court has made an express written finding that a truancy
prevention program has been offered by the school, regional
superintendent of schools, or a community social service
agency to the truant minor in need of supervision.
(c) Orders entered under this Section may be enforced by
contempt proceedings.
(Source: P.A. 85-1235.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.