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| Bill | SCH CD-TRUANT | Amends the School Code. Requires a school district to make reasonable efforts to provide ongoing professional development to teachers, administrators, school board members, school resource officers, and staff on the appropriate and available supportive services for the promotion of student attendance and engagement. In the Article governing compulsory attendance of pupils, provides that the term "valid cause" for absence includes when a person who has custody or control of a child withholds the child from school due to a bona fide dispute over special education services or placement that is being addressed through the child's individualized education program, federal Section 504 plan, mediation, or a due process hearing. Provides that a school district may not refer a truant, chronic truant, or truant minor to any other local public entity for the purpose of issuing the child a fine or fee as punishment for the child's absence from school; defines "local public entity." Allows a school district to refer any person having custody or control of a truant, chronic truant, or truant minor to any other local public entity for the purpose of issuing the person a fine or fee for the child's absence from school if all appropriate and available supportive services have been exhausted and the person has knowingly and willfully permitted the child's truant behavior to continue. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 100th | SB 3466 | Illinois SB 3466 (100th) |
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enacted | 3 | 51 | 2 | 2018-02-16 | 2018-08-10 | openstates | ocd-bill/c792c8e7-1df6-496d-977a-6da3fe3881bf | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3466&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=111477&SessionID=91&GA=100 | 613d40b3235e3e9091cff3ee96d6d91c69658a44cef9c155298241bd2b440435 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 3466 (100th) — SCH CD-TRUANT
Amends the School Code. Requires a school district to make reasonable efforts to provide ongoing professional development to teachers, administrators, school board members, school resource officers, and staff on the appropriate and available supportive services for the promotion of student attendance and engagement. In the Article governing compulsory attendance of pupils, provides that the term "valid cause" for absence includes when a person who has custody or control of a child withholds the child from school due to a bona fide dispute over special education services or placement that is being addressed through the child's individualized education program, federal Section 504 plan, mediation, or a due process hearing. Provides that a school district may not refer a truant, chronic truant, or truant minor to any other local public entity for the purpose of issuing the child a fine or fee as punishment for the child's absence from school; defines "local public entity." Allows a school district to refer any person having custody or control of a truant, chronic truant, or truant minor to any other local public entity for the purpose of issuing the person a fine or fee for the child's absence from school if all appropriate and available supportive services have been exhausted and the person has knowingly and willfully permitted the child's truant behavior to continue.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 77–39 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 47–3 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Conyears-Ervin — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-02-16 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
filing - 2018-02-16 First Reading
reading-1 - 2018-02-16 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2018-02-16 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- 2018-02-16 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- 2018-02-20 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- 2018-02-20 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- 2018-02-27 Assigned to Education
referral-committee - 2018-02-28 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
- 2018-03-14 Postponed - Education
- 2018-04-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
amendment-introduction - 2018-04-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2018-04-11 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000
committee-passage - 2018-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 12, 2018
- 2018-04-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
amendment-introduction - 2018-04-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2018-04-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
- 2018-04-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), this amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments.
- 2018-04-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Education
- 2018-04-23 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2018-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 24, 2018
- 2018-04-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 010-000-000
- 2018-04-26 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2018-04-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Lightford
amendment-passage - 2018-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2018-04-26 Third Reading - Passed; 047-003-000
reading-3, passage - 2018-04-26 Arrived in House
introduction - 2018-04-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- 2018-04-26 First Reading
reading-1 - 2018-04-26 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2018-05-07 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
referral-committee - 2018-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- 2018-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 018-000-000
committee-passage - 2018-05-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- 2018-05-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2018-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2018-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2018-05-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2018-05-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2018
- 2018-05-29 Removed from Short Debate Status
- 2018-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- 2018-05-29 Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 077-039-000
reading-3, passage - 2018-05-29 Passed Both Houses
- 2018-05-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- 2018-05-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
- 2018-05-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin
- 2018-05-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
- 2018-06-27 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-08-10 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2018-08-10 Effective Date January 1, 2019
- 2018-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0810
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c792c8e7-1df6-496d-977a-6da3fe3881bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).