Truancy Program Forms & Procedures
(for Local School Administrators)
Truancy Staff
Chad Loudermilk, Director of Truancy Services/Chief Truancy Officer
Brianna Mefford, Truancy Officer
Tammy Hertenstein, Administrative Assistant
Truancy Review Board Meetings (call 618.943.3522 for information)
Clay County -Â 2024-2025 Schedule
Flora City Hall, City Council Chambers, Flora, Illinois - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Crawford County -Â 2024-2025 Schedule
ROE #12 PD Training Center, 300 West Main Street, Second Floor, Robinson, Illinois - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Jasper County -Â 2024-2025 Schedule
Jasper County Office Building, County Board Room, 204 West Washington, Newton, Illinois - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Lawrence County -Â 2024-2025 Schedule
Lawrence County Courthouse, County Board Room, First Floor, Lawrenceville, Illinois - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Richland County -Â 2024-2025 Schedule
ROE #12 PD Training Center, 407 S. Whittle Avenue, Olney, Illinois - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Truancy Intervention Program Guidelines for Schools
Primary Objective: Â To work cooperatively with schools and families to reduce and eliminate chronic truancy, therefore increasing student attendance resulting in greater student achievement. The Truancy Intervention Program focuses on the use of early intervention strategies.
Mandatory Attendance: ILCS Section 26-1 mandates that all children between the ages of 6 and 17 attend school. ILCS also mandates that all children enroll in school (regardless of age) and attend school while it is session.
Truant: ILCS Section 26-2a Defines a truant as a child subject to compulsory attendance who is absent without valid cause (unexcused absences) on a given school day or portion.
Valid Cause: Illness, observance of religious holiday, death in immediate family, family emergency, and other situations beyond control of the student as determined by the school district, or other circumstances which cause reasonable concern to the parent for the safety or health of the student.
Chronic Truant: A child subject to compulsory attendance who is absent without valid cause for 5% or more of the previous 180 school days (9 or more unexcused absences in the past 180 days).