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Committee tightens hotline threshold for educational‑neglect reports in SB250
Summary
Senate Bill 250 would require hotline reports of educational neglect to allege intentional parental failure, absence not caused by the child's refusal, at least 15 days absent in the academic year, and substantial negative impact on the child’s school performance; judges and DCFS supported the measure to focus resources on dependency‑level neglect.
Senate Bill 250, introduced by Senator Clark and presented by Michelle Martin of the Division of Children and Family Services, would change the hotline standard for accepting educational‑neglect reports to include four qualifiers: an allegation that a parent intentionally failed to ensure school attendance, that the absence was not caused by the child's refusal, that the child has missed more than 15 days within an academic year, and that…
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