Truancy

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].

If the student does not make adequate progress after the notices and interventions, they are referred to the Truancy Review Board (TRB) for a hearing. The purpose of the TRB hearing is to address the issues leading to the student’s truancy, collaboratively work to alleviate the student’s barriers to attendance, link the family to social service agencies and develop an individual improvement plan. The TRB is comprised of social service agency representatives, school administrators, truancy case managers and community members.

School Assignments for Truancy Case Managers