2005 Illinois 105 ILCS 5/ School Code. prec. Sec. 13-1 - Continuation Schools
(105 ILCS 5/prec. Sec. 13‑1 heading) CONTINUATION SCHOOLS
(105 ILCS 5/13‑1)(from Ch. 122, par. 13‑1) Sec. 13‑1. Establishment‑Control and management. The school board of each school district in which there are twenty or
more children above the age of sixteen years and below the age of eighteen
years who are not in regular attendance at all‑day schools may establish
and maintain part‑time or continuation schools or classes for such
children. Such schools or classes shall be under the control and management
of the school board and shall be part of the public school system of the
district which establishes and maintains them. Such schools or classes when established shall be maintained each year
during the full period of time when the public schools of the district are
in session. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
(105 ILCS 5/13‑2)(from Ch. 122, par. 13‑2) Sec. 13‑2. Subjects taught. Such part‑time or continuation schools or classes shall afford
instruction in any one or in any combination of the following subjects: (a)
subjects usually taught in the public schools, so as to permit the students
in the continuation school classes to continue their education from the
point where they left it in order to go to work; (b) civic and vocational
subjects; and (c) subjects which supplement the daily occupations of the
students. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
(105 ILCS 5/13‑3)(from Ch. 122, par. 13‑3) Sec. 13‑3. Compulsory attendance‑Hours. Every child between the ages of sixteen and eighteen years who is
regularly and lawfully employed in some occupation or service, unless he
has completed a four‑year secondary course of instruction, shall attend a
part‑time or continuation school or class when one has been established and
is maintained in the district in which he resides or may be employed. Such
attendance shall be for not less than eight hours per week for at least
thirty‑six weeks each year, or three hundred hours in a period of three
successive months. Such schools or classes shall be held between the hours
of eight o'clock a. m. and five o'clock p. m. on regular business days
except Saturday afternoons. The time spent in such a school or class by a
child shall be considered as a part of the time or number of hours he is
permitted by law to work. A child employed, or kept at home in the service
or assistance of any parent, guardian or person having the control or
custody of him shall be considered a child lawfully and regularly employed
in some occupation or service. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
(105 ILCS 5/13‑4)(from Ch. 122, par. 13‑4) Sec. 13‑4. Reimbursement from Federal and State funds. Any school district which establishes part time or continuation
schools or classes under this Article and in accordance with the rules
of the Board of Vocational Education and Rehabilitation is entitled to
reimbursement from available Federal and State funds to an amount not
less than one half of the salaries of all teachers of such schools or
classes, provided that if the amount of such funds is not sufficient to
reimburse the district in full, the Board of Vocational Education and
Rehabilitation may prorate the sums available for reimbursement among
the part time or continuation schools, departments, or classes entitled
to reimbursement. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3745.)
(105 ILCS 5/13‑5)(from Ch. 122, par. 13‑5) Sec. 13‑5. Standards and rules‑Annual report. The Board of Vocational Education and Rehabilitation shall establish
standards for the maintenance of part‑time or continuation schools. It
shall prescribe rules for the administration of Sections 13‑‑1 to 13‑‑4,
inclusive, by the local school authorities, concerning plant, equipment,
courses of study and teachers, and may expend State funds appropriated for
the purpose of those sections in assisting the local school authorities to
finance such education, and shall provide State inspection and supervision
thereof. It shall require an annual report from each district regarding its
administration of those sections. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3745.)
(105 ILCS 5/13‑6)(from Ch. 122, par. 13‑6) Sec. 13‑6. Duty
of parent, guardian or custodian‑Penalty for failure to comply. Every parent, guardian or other person having the custody or control of
a child required under Sections 13‑‑1 to 13‑‑4, inclusive, to attend a
part‑time or continuation school or class shall cause such child to attend
such school or class. A parent, guardian or other person who refuses or
wilfully fails to comply with this section is guilty of a petty offense and
shall be fined not less than twenty‑five dollars and not more than one
hundred dollars. (Source: P. A. 77‑2267.)
(105 ILCS 5/13‑7)(from Ch. 122, par. 13‑7) Sec. 13‑7. Duties
of employer. Any person, firm or corporation employing a child between the ages of 16
and 18 years required under Sections 13‑‑1 to 13‑‑4, inclusive, to attend a
part‑time or continuation school or class, shall permit such child to
attend such school or class whenever one has been established in the school
district where the child resides or is employed; and any such person, firm
or corporation wilfully violating this provision shall be guilty of a petty
offense. Any person, firm or corporation, employing any such child who fails to
attend part‑time or continuation school or class as required herein, shall
immediately discontinue the services of the child upon receiving from the
school authorities written notice of the failure of such child to attend
such school or class. Whoever wilfully violates the provisions of this
paragraph shall be fined $50. (Source: P. A. 77‑2267.)
(105 ILCS 5/13‑8)(from Ch. 122, par. 13‑8) Sec. 13‑8. Enforcement. The school officials charged with the responsibility of enforcing the
compulsory attendance laws shall be responsible for the enforcement of
attendance at part‑time or continuation schools or classes. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
(105 ILCS 5/13‑9)(from Ch. 122, par. 13‑9) Sec. 13‑9. Children attending other schools or receiving private
instruction. Sections 13‑‑1 to 13‑‑8, inclusive, do not apply to children who
attend private or parochial day schools or who are receiving equivalent
educational training or instruction in the homes of their parents or
guardians either by their parents or guardians or by private tutors
provided by their parents or guardians. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
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