Illinois Compiled Statutes 105 Schools: Article 26 - Pupils--Compulsory Attendance

• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-1
  Compulsory school age-Exemptions. Whoever has custody or control of any child (i) between the ages of 7 and 17 years (unless the child has already...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-2
  Enrolled pupils not of compulsory school age. (a) For school years before the 2014-2015 school year, any person having custody or control of a child...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-2a
  A "truant" is defined as a child subject to compulsory school attendance and who is absent without valid cause from such attendance for a school...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-2b
  Any child enrolled in a public school who is unable, because of the observance of a religious holiday, to attend classes on a particular...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-3a
  Report of pupils no longer enrolled in school. The clerk or secretary of the school board of all school districts shall furnish quarterly on the...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-3b
  Beginning July 1, 1986, if any child enrolled in a public school in grades Kindergarten through 8 is absent from school, and there is...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-3d
  All regional superintendents, district superintendents, and special education joint agreement directors shall collect data concerning truants, chronic truants, and truant minor pupils as designated by...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-4
  (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-50.)
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-5
  Duties of truant officers. The truant officer of the school district, whenever notified by the Superintendent, teacher, or other person of violations of this...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-6
  List and reports in districts employing truant officers. In school districts which employ truant officers the clerk or secretary of the school board shall...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-7
  Notice to custodian-Notice of non-compliance. If any person fails to send any child under his custody or control to some lawful school, the truant officer...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-8
  Determination as to compliance - Complaint in circuit court. A truant officer or, in a school district that does not have a truant officer, the...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-8a
  The petition for court action shall include the name of the truant minor, the names and addresses of persons having custody or control of...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-8b
  When a petition is filed, it shall be set for an adjudicatory hearing within 10 days and acted upon within 30 days, subject to...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-9
  School officers and teachers to assist truant officers. School officers, superintendents, teachers or other persons shall render such assistance and furnish such information as...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-11
  Punishment for certain offenses. Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child to be absent from school unlawfully, or who knowingly employs...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-12
  Punitive action. No punitive action including out of school suspensions, expulsions or court action, shall be taken against chronic truants for such truancy unless...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-13
  Absenteeism and truancy policies. School districts shall adopt policies, consistent with rules adopted by the State Board of Education, which identify the appropriate supportive...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-14
  Truancy programs for dropouts. Any dropout, as defined in Section 26-2a, who is 17 years of age may apply to a school district for status...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-15
  Truant minors. When a regional superintendent has reason to believe that a pupil is a truant minor as defined in Section 26-2a, the regional...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-16
  Graduation incentives program. (a) The General Assembly finds that it is critical to provide options for children to succeed in school. The purpose of this...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 26-17
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-911, eff. 8-8-12. Repealed internally, eff. 11-2-12.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015