According to Illinois law, the age for compulsory attendance is six (on or before September 1st) and 17 (unless the child has already graduated from high school (105 ILCS 5/26-1)
Tammy Small
(217) 747-8073
Marcie Walters
(217) 747-8036
Diana Womack
(217) 535-3165
The Truancy Intervention Program serves students K-12 in 13 school districts throughout Menard and Sangamon counties. Truancy Case Managers provide the following intervention services to truant students and their families.
- Home visits
- Social Service Referrals
- Student visits
- Truancy Review Board Hearings
- School Visits
- Liaison between family & school
- Phone Calls
- Court intervention
A truant is defined as a child subject to compulsory school attendance who is absent without valid cause on a given school day of portion thereof (105 ILCS 5/26-2a).
A chronic truant is a child subject to compulsory attendance who is absent without valid cause for 5% or more of the previous 180 school days (9 or more unexcused absences in the past 180 days) [105 ILCS 5/26-2a].
- September 3, 2019
- September 17, 2019
- October 1, 2019
- October 15, 2019
- October 29, 2019
- November 12, 2019
- December 10, 2019
- January 21, 2020
- February 4, 2020
- February 18, 2020
- March 3, 2020
- March 17, 2020
- March 31, 2020
- April 14, 2020
- April 28, 2020
- May 12, 2020