Category Archives: Daytime Curfew

House Education Bill Updates

See House Representative contact information in our Illinois Homeschool PAC Notes HB 2985, which increases the compulsory attendance age to 18 from 17 was not heard last Wednesday, but is scheduled to be heard this coming week on March 16th.   On … Continue reading

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What is Suspicion When It Comes to Checking on Homeschoolers

"The real question is determining the authority to inquire what is reasonable cause of truancy and what is suspicion when it comes to checking on homeschoolers," Maloney said. That was a quote from the Illinois Review's interview with Senator Maloney.  … Continue reading

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Today’s Illinois Homeschooling News

Homeschooling parents not eager for state’s ‘help’-Fran Eaton The school board of Community High School District 218 learned this week that a significant number of its students read at third- and fifth-grade levels, according to Kevin McCaffrey, the district’s assistant … Continue reading

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Update about Daytime Curfew Defeat in Carlinville

Fortunately for homeschoolers and other young people who would like to freely walk the streets of Carlinville, the daytime curfew -also known as a truancy ordinance- was defeated by a 5-3 vote last week. Carlinville daytime kid curfew proposal fails  … Continue reading

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Hamilton-Jefferson County Regional Offices of Education

Hamilton-Jefferson County Regional Office of Education Superintendent Brian Cross was referenced in an early 2010 Centralia Sentinel article regarding homeschooling in the area: According to Hamilton-Jefferson Counties Regional Superintendent of Schools Bryan Cross, three students were registered this year as … Continue reading

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Homeschoolers and Daytime Curfew

Salem folks didn’t back down and a daytime curfew ordinance was not passed. Here’s an excerpt from a WJBD radio article about the police chief’s good sense: Salem Police Chief Withdraws Support For Proposed Ordinance on Truancy Campo says there … Continue reading

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Illinois School Administrators Pushing for City Daytime Curfews

The Salem City Council will have a second reading (with possible passage) of a Daytime Truancy Curfew Ordinance tonight.  Why is the City Council passing a daytime curfew?  Because the Regional Superintendent of Education for Region 13 (Clinton, Marion, and Washington … Continue reading

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Lincoln-Mason-Menard Regional Office of Education

Logan-Mason-Menard ROE has developed a truancy program to track down truant public school students in the community. The Lincoln Courier notes the SPIRIT program’s activities: April 2007 A spirit group at the 420-student junior high has provided the regional superintendent’s … Continue reading

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Boone/Winnebago County Regional Office of Education

Rockford is in Winnebago County and part of the Boone/Winnebago ROE. They cut right to the quick with “home school” information: Home Schooling Registration Forms Information on Parent-Taught Home Instruction is available from the Regional Office of Education. This information … Continue reading

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Lake County Regional Office of Education

Here’s Lake County ROE’s information. Home Schooling The Illinois School Code and Case Law permit home schooling as an option for parents who wish to do so. The law requires that the child who is home schooled receives an education … Continue reading

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