Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3805 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3805 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/26-1 from Ch. 122, par. 26-1 Amends the School Code. Provides that a child with a who is excused for a temporary absence because of a physical illness for up to 5 days does not need to provide a medical note. LRB104 09889 LNS 19959 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3805 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/26-1 from Ch. 122, par. 26-1 105 ILCS 5/26-1 from Ch. 122, par. 26-1 Amends the School Code. Provides that a child with a who is excused for a temporary absence because of a physical illness for up to 5 days does not need to provide a medical note. LRB104 09889 LNS 19959 b LRB104 09889 LNS 19959 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3805 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning education.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
15	15	5 26-1 as follows:
16	16	6 (105 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-1)
17	17	7 Sec. 26-1. Compulsory school age; exemptions. Whoever has
18	18	8 custody or control of any child (i) between the ages of 7 and
19	19	9 17 years (unless the child has already graduated from high
20	20	10 school) for school years before the 2014-2015 school year or
21	21	11 (ii) between the ages of 6 (on or before September 1) and 17
22	22	12 years (unless the child has already graduated from high
23	23	13 school) beginning with the 2014-2015 school year shall cause
24	24	14 such child to attend some public school in the district
25	25	15 wherein the child resides the entire time it is in session
26	26	16 during the regular school term, except as provided in Section
27	27	17 10-19.1, and during a required summer school program
28	28	18 established under Section 10-22.33B; provided, that the
29	29	19 following children shall not be required to attend the public
30	30	20 schools:
31	31	21 1. Any child attending a private or a parochial school
32	32	22 where children are taught the branches of education taught
33	33	23 to children of corresponding age and grade in the public
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3805 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	105 ILCS 5/26-1 from Ch. 122, par. 26-1 105 ILCS 5/26-1 from Ch. 122, par. 26-1
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68	68	1 schools, and where the instruction of the child in the
69	69	2 branches of education is in the English language;
70	70	3 2. Any child who is physically or mentally unable to
71	71	4 attend school, such disability being certified to the
72	72	5 county or district truant officer by a competent physician
73	73	6 licensed in Illinois to practice medicine and surgery in
74	74	7 all its branches, a chiropractic physician licensed under
75	75	8 the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a licensed advanced
76	76	9 practice registered nurse, a licensed physician assistant,
77	77	10 or a Christian Science practitioner residing in this State
78	78	11 and listed in the Christian Science Journal; or who is
79	79	12 excused for temporary absence for cause by the principal
80	80	13 or teacher of the school which the child attends, with
81	81	14 absence for cause by illness being required to include the
82	82	15 mental or behavioral health, or the physical illness, of
83	83	16 the child for up to 5 days for which the child need not
84	84	17 provide a medical note, in which case the child shall be
85	85	18 given the opportunity to make up any school work missed
86	86	19 during the mental or behavioral health absence and, after
87	87	20 the second mental health day used, may be referred to the
88	88	21 appropriate school support personnel; the exemptions in
89	89	22 this paragraph (2) do not apply to any female who is
90	90	23 pregnant or the mother of one or more children, except
91	91	24 where a female is unable to attend school due to a
92	92	25 complication arising from her pregnancy and the existence
93	93	26 of such complication is certified to the county or
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104	104	1 district truant officer by a competent physician;
105	105	2 3. Any child necessarily and lawfully employed
106	106	3 according to the provisions of the Child Labor Law of 2024
107	107	4 may be excused from attendance at school by the county
108	108	5 superintendent of schools or the superintendent of the
109	109	6 public school which the child should be attending, on
110	110	7 certification of the facts by and the recommendation of
111	111	8 the school board of the public school district in which
112	112	9 the child resides. In districts having part-time
113	113	10 continuation schools, children so excused shall attend
114	114	11 such schools at least 8 hours each week;
115	115	12 4. Any child over 12 and under 14 years of age while in
116	116	13 attendance at confirmation classes;
117	117	14 5. Any child absent from a public school on a
118	118	15 particular day or days or at a particular time of day for
119	119	16 the reason that he is unable to attend classes or to
120	120	17 participate in any examination, study, or work
121	121	18 requirements on a particular day or days or at a
122	122	19 particular time of day because of religious reasons,
123	123	20 including the observance of a religious holiday or
124	124	21 participation in religious instruction, or because the
125	125	22 tenets of his religion forbid secular activity on a
126	126	23 particular day or days or at a particular time of day. A
127	127	24 school board may require the parent or guardian of a child
128	128	25 who is to be excused from attending school because of
129	129	26 religious reasons to give notice, not exceeding 5 days, of
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140	140	1 the child's absence to the school principal or other
141	141	2 school personnel. Any child excused from attending school
142	142	3 under this paragraph 5 shall not be required to submit a
143	143	4 written excuse for such absence after returning to school.
144	144	5 A district superintendent shall develop and distribute to
145	145	6 schools appropriate procedures regarding a student's
146	146	7 absence for religious reasons, how schools are notified of
147	147	8 a student's impending absence for religious reasons, and
148	148	9 the requirements of Section 26-2b of this Code;
149	149	10 6. Any child 16 years of age or older who (i) submits
150	150	11 to a school district evidence of necessary and lawful
151	151	12 employment pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Section and
152	152	13 (ii) is enrolled in a graduation incentives program
153	153	14 pursuant to Section 26-16 of this Code or an alternative
154	154	15 learning opportunities program established pursuant to
155	155	16 Article 13B of this Code;
156	156	17 7. A child in any of grades 6 through 12 absent from a
157	157	18 public school on a particular day or days or at a
158	158	19 particular time of day for the purpose of sounding "Taps"
159	159	20 at a military honors funeral held in this State for a
160	160	21 deceased veteran. In order to be excused under this
161	161	22 paragraph 7, the student shall notify the school's
162	162	23 administration at least 2 days prior to the date of the
163	163	24 absence and shall provide the school's administration with
164	164	25 the date, time, and location of the military honors
165	165	26 funeral. The school's administration may waive this 2-day
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176	176	1 notification requirement if the student did not receive at
177	177	2 least 2 days advance notice, but the student shall notify
178	178	3 the school's administration as soon as possible of the
179	179	4 absence. A student whose absence is excused under this
180	180	5 paragraph 7 shall be counted as if the student attended
181	181	6 school for purposes of calculating the average daily
182	182	7 attendance of students in the school district. A student
183	183	8 whose absence is excused under this paragraph 7 must be
184	184	9 allowed a reasonable time to make up school work missed
185	185	10 during the absence. If the student satisfactorily
186	186	11 completes the school work, the day of absence shall be
187	187	12 counted as a day of compulsory attendance and he or she may
188	188	13 not be penalized for that absence; and
189	189	14 8. Any child absent from a public school on a
190	190	15 particular day or days or at a particular time of day for
191	191	16 the reason that his or her parent or legal guardian is an
192	192	17 active duty member of the uniformed services and has been
193	193	18 called to duty for, is on leave from, or has immediately
194	194	19 returned from deployment to a combat zone or
195	195	20 combat-support postings. Such a student shall be granted 5
196	196	21 days of excused absences in any school year and, at the
197	197	22 discretion of the school board, additional excused
198	198	23 absences to visit the student's parent or legal guardian
199	199	24 relative to such leave or deployment of the parent or
200	200	25 legal guardian. In the case of excused absences pursuant
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