Get Attendance Rule

Illinois law requires that whoever has custody or control of any child between six (by September 1) and seventeen years of age shall assure that the child attends school in the district in which they reside, during the entire time school is in session (unless the child has already graduated from high school).

What Does The 90% Rule Mean For Your Child? In addition to Texas compulsory attendance laws, districts are required to enforce the 90% rule which states that students in grades Kindergarten through 12th must attend a class for 90% of the time it is offered to receive credit or a final grade.

The Big Enchilada: 5 Excused Days, But Wait... There's More! Illinois law mandates a minimum of 5 excused absences per school year. That's like 5 golden tickets to freedom, illness-willing, of course.

An adult with custody of a child who has been given notice of their child's truancy and knowingly “permits such a child to persist in his truancy within that school year” can be found guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and fined up to $500 and/or 30 days of imprisonment, ing to Illinois law.

The Kansas State law specifically says that a student is truant if they have missed 3 unexcused / unverified days in a row, 5 unexcused / unverified days in a semester, or 7 unexcused / unverified days in a school year.

Absences that are excused are determined by the school board. A Chronic or Habitual Truant is a school-age child who is absent without valid causes for 5% out of 180 consecutive days. fine. - Children between 6 and 17 must attend school.

Parents/guardians may be notified following 3, 5, and 9 days of absence or tardies within a school year, and a school intervention may be initiated. After the 9th school day (5% of regular attendance days) on which a student is absent without valid cause, he/she is deemed to be truant under Illinois law.

A student shall be allowed twenty (20) unexcused days per school year. Excessive absences, excused or unexcused, have a detrimental effect upon academic progress and may be one factor considered in promotion/retention decisions.