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105 ILCS 5/26-5 (2026)

Duties of truant officers

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(105 ILCS 5/26-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-5)
    Sec. 26-5. Duties of truant officers.
    The truant officer of the school district, whenever notified by the Superintendent, teacher, or other person of violations of this Article, or the county truant officer, when notified by the County Superintendent, shall investigate all cases of truancy or non-attendance at school in their respective jurisdictions, and if the children complained of are not exempt under the provisions of this Article, the truant officer shall proceed as is provided in this Article. The county truant officer, within the county and the district truant officers, within their respective districts, shall in the exercise of their duties be conservators of the peace and shall keep the same, suppress riots, routs, affray, fighting, breaches of the peace, and prevent crime; and may arrest offenders on view and cause them to be brought before proper officials for trial or examination.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2018–2018 · leading case: Stimeling v. Peoria Pub. Sch. Dist. 150, 2018 IL App (3d) 170567 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018).
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Stimeling v. Peoria Pub. Sch. Dist. 150, 2018 IL App (3d) 170567 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 3× “" The policy characterized resource officers as "district truant officers" under the School Code ( 105 ILCS 5/26-5 (West 2016) ). The policy explicitly authorized resource officers to "arrest" students only for truancy violations; resource officers lacked authority to issue…”
Stimeling v. Peoria Pub. Sch. Dist. 150, 2018 IL App (3d) 170567 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 3× “” The policy characterized resource officers as “district truant officers” under the School Code (105 ILCS 5/26-5 (West 2016)). The policy explicitly authorized resource officers to “arrest” students only for truancy violations; resource officers lacked authority to issue…”
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