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720 ILCS 5/2-19.5 (2026)

"School" means a public, private, or parochial elementary or secondary school, community college, college, or university and includes the grounds of a school

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(720 ILCS 5/2-19.5)
    Sec. 2-19.5. "School" means a public, private, or parochial elementary or secondary school, community college, college, or university and includes the grounds of a school.
(Source: P.A. 91-360, eff. 7-29-99.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 2011–2020 · leading case: People v. Hardman, 2017 IL 121453 (Ill. 2017).
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People v. Hardman, 2017 IL 121453 (Ill. 2017). “" 720 ILCS 5/2-19.5 (West 2012). ¶ 21 Hardman contends that this court's decision in Young , 2011 IL 111886 , 355 Ill.”
People v. Toliver, 2016 IL App (1st) 141064 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “720 ILCS 5/2-19.5 (West 2012). ¶ 16 In support of his claim, Toliver relies on cases involving narcotics offenses committed within 1000 feet of a church.”
People v. Toliver, 2016 IL App (1st) 141064 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “720 ILCS 5/2-19.5 (West 2012). ¶ 16 In support of his claim, Toliver relies on cases involving narcotics offenses committed within 1000 feet of a church.”
People v. Young, 960 N.E.2d 559 (Ill. 2011). “5 (720 ILCS 5/2-19.5 (West 1999)). This section, which became effective July 29, 1999, provides a definition for the term "school" that is nearly identical to the one used 14 years earlier in Public Act 84-1075.”
People v. Leib, 2020 IL App (1st) 170837-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “” 720 ILCS 5/2-19.5 (West 2014). “Grounds” are defined as “the area around and belonging to a house or other building.”
People v. Toliver, 2016 IL App (1st) 141064 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “720 ILCS 5/2-19.5 (West 2012). ¶ 16 In support of his claim, Toliver relies on cases involving narcotics offenses committed within 1000 feet of a church.”
People v. Toliver, 2016 IL App (1st) 141064 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “720 ILCS 5/2-19.5 (West 2012). ¶ 16 In support of his claim, Toliver relies on cases involving narcotics offenses committed within 1000 feet of a church.”
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