Working for Illinois Caucus

As the return to Springfield gets closer for lawmakers, Plainfield-Oswego Democratic State Representative Harry Benton is getting to work on looking into clarifying some existing policies. One policy item he is looking into is helping families of students with school attendance issues due to unexcused absences for dentist and orthodontist appointments.

Benton says many schools deem those appointments as unexcused, which leads to attendance issues for students that have necessary appointments. He says an issue like this is more about cleaning up the policy’s language. Benton says he enjoys working on policy and trying to make legislation as efficient as possible for everyone.