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This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format.

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State Status/Date Level Summary
CASigned into law 09/2012P-12Enrollment/Readmission of Student with Previous Contact with Juvenile Justice System
S.B. 1088
Prohibits a public school from denying enrollment or readmission to a pupil solely on the basis that he/she has had contact with the juvenil...

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CASigned into law 07/2012P-12Residency Requirements for Foster Children
A.B. 1573
Provides a pupil who is a foster child who remains in his/her school of origin has met the residency requirements for school attendance (pre...

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OHSigned into law 06/2012P-12Public Accountability Report Card at Student Enrollment
S.B. 316 - Public Accountability Report Card at Student Enrollment
Provides that when a student enrolls in a school operated by a school district, a school official with responsibility for admissions must pr...

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NHSigned into law 06/2012P-12Residency for Children of Divorced Parents
H.B. 1325
Revises the legal residency requirements for purposes of school attendance for children of divorced parents and children whose parents share...

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MASigned into law 05/2012P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 2254
Provides definitions of military terms and provides that this legislation applies to active duty members of the uniformed services, members ...

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LAAdopted 05/2012P-12Louisiana Seat Time Waiver
LAC 28:CXV.907 and 1103
Amends §907, "Secondary Class Times and Carnegie Credit," and §1103, "Compulsory Attendance" to accommodate the newly developed Louisiana Se...

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VAVetoed 05/2012P-12Public Schools; Residency of Children in Kinship Care
S.B. 217
Allows a child receiving kinship care from a close relative to enroll in the school division where the kinship care provider resides. The bi...

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ILAdopted 05/2012P-12School Success Task Force Extended
H.J.R. 67
Extends the School Success Task Force established during the 96th General Assembly and adds a member to the Task Force representing City of ...

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AZSigned into law 05/2012P-12Average Daily Membership
S.B. 1456
Limits the window during which the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) can conduct Average Daily Membership (ADM) audits to three years fr...

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GASigned into law 05/2012P-12Attendance Records, Unexcused Absences
H.B. 39
Requires that declarations of intent and attendance records for home study programs be submitted to the department of education rather than ...

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MNSigned into law 04/2012P-12Residency Determination for Homeless Students
H.F. 2949
Provides clarification on the district of residence for a homeless pupil, such that the pupil resides in the district where the parent or gu...

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GASigned into law 04/2012P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 227
Adopts the "Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children." Provides for the purpose and policy of the compact. Provid...

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GASigned into law 04/2012P-12Age for Kindergarten or First Grade Entry for Children Moving from Abroad
H.B. 706 - Age for Kindergarten or First Grade Entry for Children Moving from Abroad
Clarifies that provisions for child's entry into kindergarten and 1st grade for a child who was a legal resident of one or more states two y...

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NESigned into law 04/2012P-12Compulsory Attendance
L.B. 996
Changes provisions relating to compulsory attendance. Retains upper age of 16 but lays out an explicit process and requirements for early wi...

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WYSigned into law 03/2012P-12Interstate Compact on Students of Military Families
S.F. 78
Provides for an interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children. Facilitates enrollment and placement of children of mil...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Excused Absence and Military Deployment
A.B. 387
From bill summary: Includes spending time with an immediate family member who is an active duty member of the uniformed services and has bee...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Documents to Demonstrate Residency
A.B. 207
From bill summary: Requires a school district to accept a wide range of documents and representations from the parent or legal guardian of a...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Children of Active Dury Parents
H.B. 2870
Provides that at the time of annual enrollment or at any time during the school year, a school district or a recognized non-public school se...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Stalking No Contact Orders
H.B. 192
Directs the court, when issuing a stalking no contact order, to weigh specified considerations when the petitioner and the respondent attend...

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CASigned into law 07/2011P-12Conditional School Attendance in Absence of Pertussis Boosters
S.B. 614
Until June 30, 2012, allows a county office of education, district governing board or charter school governing body to allow a student in gr...

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CASigned into law 07/2011P-12County and Local School Attendance Review Boards
A.B. 614
From bill summary: Specifically requires a representative of school, county or community mental health personnel to be appointed to a county...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Excused and Unexcused Absences
H.B. 6499 - Sec. 16, 18
Sec. 16 - Requires boards of education to provide written notice to parents that unexcused absences could result in a complaint filed with t...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Establishes Truancy Clinic Pilot in Children's Probate Court
S.B. 982
Allows the Probate Court Administrator to, within available appropriations, establish a pilot truancy clinic within the regional children's ...

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INSigned into law 07/2011P-12Compulsory Attendance
S.B. 1--Attendance
Defines "attend" for purposes of the compulsory school attendance law. Requires school corporations to have a policy outlining both excused ...

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PASigned into law 06/2011P-12Multiple Provisions - Enrollment
H.B. 1352
Section 1304 clarifies that districts must admit students during at least the first two weeks of school.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS...

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12Attendance
H.B. 3197
Relating to school attendance. Requires school districts to adopt attendance notification policies and specifies the required elements. Prov...

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NHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Student Residency Dispute Resolution
S.B. 37
Provides further detail on the procedure for resolving residency disputes. Excludes homeless children from the list of pupils whose residenc...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 4
Makes permanent the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children. Deletes the definition of ''test period". Deletes p...

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TXSigned into law 05/2011P-12Adjudication of Cases Regarding Failure to Attend School and Parent Contributing to Nonattendance
H.B. 734
From fiscal note: Generally, the criminal offenses of failure to attend school and parent contributing to nonattendance are adjudicated in j...

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ILAdopted 05/2011P-12School Success Task Force
H.J.R. 7
Extends the School Success Task Force established during the 96th General Assembly. Directs the task force to submit a report by December 31...

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TNSigned into law 05/2011P-12Responsibility for Truancy
S.B. 413
States that a parent, guardian or other person who has control of a truant student commits educational neglect. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapt...

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TNSigned into law 05/2011P-12Attendance Laws Apply to Remedial Instruction
S.B. 414
States that attendance laws shall apply to remedial instruction for students who are determined to require such instruction, including summe...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12Foster Care Student Attending Court Proceedings
H.B. 314
Provides that a foster care student who attends court proceedings relating to the student's foster care must not be counted as an absence, e...

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VTSigned into law 05/2011P-12Amends Compulsory School Ages
S.B. 100 - Compulsory School Age Provision
Among other provisions, changes the compulsory school age from 7-16 to 6-16.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/Acts/ACT058.pdf...

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WVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 2550
Enables West Virginia to participate as a member of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Establishes the...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Kindergarten
S.B. 1256--Kindergarten Finance
Arizona Revised Statute 15-821 is clarified. If a child who has not reached the age of five before September 1 of the current school year is...

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NDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Clarifies and Defines Attendance
S.B. 2226
Creates a new section that defines attendance (absence) (15.1 - 20 - 02.1).
1. To be deemed in attendance for purposes of this chapter, a ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12Special Arrangements for Truant Student
H.B. 1995
Authorizes parents to petition for special arrangments to address student absences prior to a student accumulating the maximum number of abs...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 1976
Adds a fifth citizen member to the Virginia Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and specifies...

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SDSigned into law 03/2011P-12Excusal
H.B. 1133
Amends statute to state that once a parent or guardian of a child files an application with a school official for excusal,
the child shall b...

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CASigned into law 10/2010P-12Truants
A.B. 1610 - Truants
Requires initial parental notification of child's status as truant to be made using the most cost-effective method possible, including e-mai...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Reporting Pupil Attendance Data
S.B. 1357
From bill summary: Requires the department of education, contingent on federal funding for this purpose and in consultation with the departm...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Chronic Truant
S.B. 1317
From bill summary: Defines a chronic truant as any pupil absent from school without a valid excuse for 10% or more of the school days in one...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Determining Pupil Residency for Attendance in a District
A.B. 1854
From bill analysis: Requires school districts to accept reasonable evidence that a pupil meets residency requirements for school attendance ...

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GAAdopted 08/2010P-12Student Enrollment and Withdrawal
GA ADC 160-5-1-.28
Amends provisions related to student enrollment and withdrawal. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-5-1-.28.pdf...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Enrollment of Child under 5 Who Is Child of Military Personnel
S.B. 1246 - Enrollment of Child under 5 Who Is Child of Military Personnel
Permits public school entry of child who does not turn 5 by August 31 of the school year but whose parent is an active duty member of U.S. a...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Excused Absences For Religious Observances
H.B. 357
Requires principals, community colleges and universities to authorize a minimum of two excused absences each academic year for religious obs...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12
Community College
Adult Education Programs
H.B. 1055
Students who are 16 to 18 years old and are enrolled in an adult education program shall be considered to be in compliance with the school a...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Student Attendance Policies
H.B. 421
Prevents a city, parish, or other local public school board from denying admission or readmission to students of suitable age who resides wi...

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GAVetoed 06/2010P-12Compulsory School Attendance
S.B. 239 - Section 2
Requires a parent whose child is of compulsory school age and who becomes a new resident of a local school system to enroll his/her child in...

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TNSigned into law 05/2010P-12Truancy - Parental Consequences
S.B. 3246
Authorizes a prosecutor to allow parents or guardians of children violating truancy laws to attend parent education training and parent-teac...

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WISigned into law 05/2010P-12Habitual Truants Need Not Be Readmitted Through Open Enrollment
S.B. 342
If a pupil attending the school district under open enrollment (OEP) is habitually truant (absent from school without an acceptable
excuse f...

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NHSigned into law 05/2010P-12Truancy
H.B. 154
Makes various changes to the laws on truancy; provides for excused absences, parental responsibility and petitions for children in need of s...

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KYSigned into law 04/2010P-12Interscholastic Athletics
H.B. 327
Requires the state board of education or any agency designated by the state board to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administ...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Parental Notification of Nonattendance
S.B. 196
Clarifies that, in addition to the attendance officer, school personnel, and volunteers, the school principal or his designee is responsible...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Religious Holidays
S.B. 361
Requires local school boards to develop policies ensuring that any student's absence because of the observance of a religious holiday be rec...

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NESigned into law 03/2010P-12Kindergarten Entrance
L.B. 1006
Children are eligible for kindergarten if they are 5 years old by July 31, beginning with the 2012-13 school year. Previously, the cutoff da...

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ILSigned into law 01/2010P-12Professional Development for Department of Human Services Staff; 1st Grade Start Age for Certain Students
H.B. 806
Requires the department of human services to operate a comprehensive professional development system called the Gateways to Opportunity prog...

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KYAdopted 01/2010P-12Recording Student Attendance
702 KAR 7:125
Adds section providing definitions of: "full day of attendance" (student in attendance at least 65% of regularly-scheduled school day), "tar...

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NVRule Adoption 10/2009P-12CREDIT GRANTED
NAC 389.670
Revises provisions governing credit granted for a specific course of study without having attended regularly scheduled classes.
www.leg.sta...

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NVRule Adoption 10/2009P-12ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE
NAC 387.048, .215
Revises provisions governing the reasons listed in the master register of enrollment and attendance for withdrawal of a pupil.
www.leg.stat...

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CAVetoed 10/2009P-12Excused Absence to Participate in Civic Engagement Activities
A.B. 796
Amends existing law that authorizes a pupil to be excused from school for specified reasons. Includes civic engagement activities offered by...

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WISigned into law 10/2009P-12
A.B. 119
Beginning on September 1, 2011, a school board may not enroll a child in the first grade in a school in the school district, including in a ...

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NDSigned into law 08/2009P-12Student Absences
S.B. 2217
Requires teachers to notify administrators when a student is absent without an excuse. Requires administrators to investigate the absence. P...

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NDSigned into law 08/2009P-12Entrance Ages, Upper Statutory Age
H.B. 1378
Modifies 15.1-06-01. Changes the cut-off date for enrollment in grade one from September first to August first. For kindergarten, the cut-of...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Excused Absences for Extracurricular Activities
H.B. 1 - Section 3321.041
Defines "extracurricular activity". Requires districts to provide students with up to four days of excused absence per school year for a stu...

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LASigned into law 06/2009P-12Truancy and Tardiness Policies
H.B. 731
Spells out policies for habitual absence and tardiness of students, including penalties for violations by parents and legal guardians or cus...

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LAAdopted 06/2009P-12Attendance for Military Family Students
LAC 28:CXV.1103
Allows excused absences for students for visitation with a parent who is a member of the Armed Forces or the National Guard of a state and s...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Excused Absence to Visit Colleges
H.B. 2542
Allows districts to grant excused absences for juniors and seniors visiting institutions of higher education. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/t...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Student Election Clerks
S.B. 1134
Allows certain high school students to serve as election clerks. Provides an excused absence for such service. Adds new section 33.092 allow...

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ALSigned into law 05/2009P-12Interstate Military Compact
H.B. 438
Adds Alabama to the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, an interstate compact to address the education t...

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GASigned into law 05/2009P-12Military Students
S.B. 114
Provides for the transfer of students who are military dependents into a local school system. Provides that students must be placed in grade...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12Enrollment of a Teacher's Child in Nonresident District
S.B. 847
Allows a student whose parent or guardian is employed by a school district or educational service cooperative to continue attendance at a no...

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MSSigned into law 04/2009P-12Superintendent Approval of Absences for Medical and Dental Appointments
H.B. 525
Deletes the requirement that the school superintendent must approve student absences for medical and dental appointments. Authorizes a desig...

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MDSigned into law 04/2009P-12Suspension/Expulsion -- not for Attendance Offenses only
H.B. 660; S.B. 241
Prohibits a principal from suspending or expelling a student from school solely for attendance-related offenses.
http://mlis.state.md.us/200...

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NMSigned into law 04/2009P-12Compulsory Attendance and Unexcused Absenses
S.B. 189
Changes terms and notice provisions of compulsory attendance policies; clarifies how unexcused absences are determined; requires reports.
ht...

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UTSigned into law 03/2009P-12Education Policies for Military Children
H.B. 194
Adds 53A-11-1401 through -1404, collectively known as Education Policies for Military Children. Provides definitions. Allows for certain exc...

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KYSigned into law 03/2009P-12Missed Days Due to Weather
H.B. 322
Allows a local board of education in a county identified as a federal disaster area because of Tropical Storm Ike and the severe weather sto...

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KYSigned into law 03/2009P-12Children of Civilian Military Employees
S.B. 39
Relates to students of civilian military employees; provides students of civilian military employees the same rights as students of military...

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KYSigned into law 03/2009P-12Excused School Absence
H.B. 124
Requires a school principal to give up to 10 days excused school absence for children of Armed Forces servicemembers if the parent is statio...

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ARSigned into law 03/2009P-12Educational Sucess for Military Children
H.B. 1400
Removes barriers to educational success for military children.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB1400.pdf...

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VASigned into law 02/2009P-12Suspension of Driver's License Due to Truancy
H.B. 1826
Provides for the suspension of the driver's license or learner's permit of any minor who has 10 or more unexcused absences from public schoo...

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VASigned into law 02/2009P-12Sufficient Cause for Suspension
H.B. 1794
Provides that the sufficient cause necessary to suspend a student cannot rest solely on instances of tardiness or truancy.
http://leg1.state...

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ARSigned into law 02/2009P-12School Attendance Laws
S.B. 295
Ensures consistent public school attendance laws.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/SB295.pdf...

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COAdopted 01/2009P-12Attendence and Truancy Data
1 CCR 301-78
Provides specificity for consistency in reporting attendance and truancy data across school districts and BOCES. Allows the usage these indi...

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ILSigned into law 12/2008P-12Truancy
S.B. 2743
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that if a code violation involves a municipal ordinance regulating truants, the hearing date mu...

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WYAdopted 10/2008P-12School Foundation Program
Chapter 8
These emergency rules amend the existing rules related to the school foundation program.  The emergency rules provide additional definitions...

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CAVetoed 09/2008P-12Attendance
S.B. 1735
Requires a school district to accept any documents and representations from the parent or guardian of a pupil that reasonably provide eviden...

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LASigned into law 07/2008P-12Habitual Truancy and Habitual Tardiness
H.B. 1133
Revises provisions related to habitual truancy and habitual tardiness. Requires a student's parent to enforce the student's attendance at th...

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NHSigned into law 06/2008P-12Committee to Study Truancy Laws
H.B. 1161
Establishes a committee to study the truancy laws; provides for membership and compensation, duties, chairperson and quorum, and report of f...

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DESigned into law 06/2008P-12Compact on Education for Children of Military Families
H.B. 297
Provides an interstate compact to ensure standards for educational records for children of military families.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/...

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LASigned into law 06/2008P-12Absences for Children of Active-Duty Parents
H.B. 200
Provides that a child whose parent is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces or the National Guard and such parent has been called to duty for or...

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AZSigned into law 06/2008P-12Attendance
H.B. 2368
Relates to notification of the parents of a student who is enrolled in an elementary school of an unexcused absence; relates to notifying pa...

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MISigned into law 05/2008P-12Student Absences when Parents Are Deployed
S.B. 747
Establishes that a student's absence because a parent, legal guardian or sibling is being deployed or returning from active duty is an excus...

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VTSigned into law 04/2008P-12Absences for Attending Town Meetings
S.B. 45
Prohibits employers and schools from penalizing employees and students who are absent in order to attend town meeting; provides an employee ...

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KYSigned into law 04/2008P-12Status Offenders
H.B. 384
Defines "nonoffender" as a child alleged to be dependent, neglected, or abused and who has not been otherwise charged with a status or publi...

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MDSigned into law 04/2008P-12Response to High Truancy Rates
H.B. 285; S.B.96
Requires a county board of education to require elementary schools with certain truancy rates to implement a positive behavioral interventio...

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COSigned into law 04/2008P-12Student Truancy and Attendance Reporting
H.B. 1336
Requires the State Board of Education to adopt guidelines for the standardized calculation of unexcused absences of students; requires a sch...

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MSSigned into law 03/2008P-12Reporting of Absences Due to Detainment
H.B. 348
Relates to youth detained in juvenile detention centers; requires Youth Detention Staff to notify School Districts if a detained child misse...

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INSigned into law 03/2008P-12Attendance Enforcement
H.B. 1234
Allows certain law enforcement officers to inspect student attendance records and to enforce the attendance laws and requires an affidavit a...

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LAAdopted 11/2007P-12Compulsory Attendance, Exit Exams
LAC 28:CXV.1103, 2323, and 2324
Makes changes to Bulletin 741 - Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators:

1103: Allows students in danger of failing due to excessive a...

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TXSigned into law 07/2007P-12Excused Absence for Court Appearance
H.B. 2455
House Bill 2455 amends the Education Code to require a school district to grant an excused absence for a student ordered to make a court app...

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NHSigned into law 07/2007P-12Clarifies Exemptions to Compulsory School Attendance
H.B. 87
Inserts clarifications to the exceptions to the compulsory school attendance statute.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/HB008...

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NHSigned into law 07/2007P-12Twins or Multiples Class Assignment
S.B. 78
Allows a parent or guardian of twins or other multiples to request a classroom placement for the children. Provides that a parent or guardia...

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NHSigned into law 07/2007P-12Raises Compulsory School Age
S.B. 18
Raises from 16 to 18 the age for compulsory school attendance and provides a procedure for a pupil who is at least 16 years of age to obtain...

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ORSigned into law 06/2007P-12Defines "Person in Parental Relationship"
S.B. 215
Defines "Person in parental relationship" as an adult who has physical custody of a child or resides in the same household as the child, int...

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NCSigned into law 06/2007P-12School Admission Requirements
H.B. 150
Modifies school admission requirements. Moves cut-off date for enrollment to August 31 from October 16.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12Pilot: of Mandated Attendance for Suspended Students
H.B. 2138
Adds a new section: A pilot project of mandated attendance in an alternative school for students who have been suspended shall be establishe...

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MESigned into law 06/2007P-12Student Truancy Policy
H.B. 353
Strengthens the truancy laws by making it a Class E crime for parents who fail to take corrective measures for truant children from kinderga...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12
Postsec.
Dropout Reporting, Exit Exam Alternatives, Competency Based Credits
S.B. 312
Expands the annual reports of accountability information to include the rate of pupils who drop out of school in grades 6, 7 and 8. Requires...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Truancy Reporting
S.B. 1161
Increases the time frame required for a school district to report to certain authorities, from seven to 10 days, if a student has not attend...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Pupil Truancy
A.B. 485
Require a report of pupils who drop out of school in grade 8 to be included in the reports of accountability prepared by the State Board of ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Permitting Attendance of Students to Age 26
H.B. 1137
Permits students who are at least 21 years of age and under 26 years of age on the first day of September of any school year to be eligible ...

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MESigned into law 05/2007P-12Compulsory Attendance Coordinator
S.B. 155; L
Concerns compulsory school attendance. This bill adds to the duties of the attendance coordinator serving as the liaison between the school ...

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DESigned into law 05/2007P-12Enhanced Truancy Court Activities
S.B. 26
Provides for enhanced Truancy Court activities in the Justice of the Peace Court. Eliminates the need to transfer a case of contempt by a ju...

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TXSigned into law 04/2007P-12Requiring Attendance of Those Voluntarily Attending School
H.B. 566
H.B. 566 authorizes school districts to require persons who voluntarily enroll in school or voluntarily attend school after their 18th birt...

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MTTo governor 04/2007P-12Services for Developmentally Disabled
H.B. 195
Relates to services for individuals who are developmentally distabled, clarifies that such individuals may return to high school after gradu...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Alternative Pathways to a Diploma
H.B. 1051
Finds that the state's commitment to providing a basic education for all public school students under the age of twenty-one should continue ...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
High School Redesign
H.B. 584/S.B. 561
Provides for high school redesign. Directs the department of education to establish a readiness assessment system to measure the readiness o...

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COSigned into law 03/2007P-12Minimum Compulsory Attendance Age
S.B. 16
Changes the minimum age for compulsory education from seven to six years, on or before August 1 of each year. Compulsory attendance ages the...

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SDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Raises Compulsory Attendance Age to 18
S.B. 199
Increases the compulsory attendance age for school attendance from 16 to 18, unless the child has graduated or is excused per certain provis...

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SDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Kindergarten Attendance
S.B. 33
Amends 13-28-2 to read: Any child who is five years old on the first day of September is eligible for enrollment in kindergarten during that...

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UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Per Pupil Funding & Attendance/Completion Recordkeeping
R277-419
Allows exceptions to the minimum number of instructional hours and schools days per year for individual students and schools; requires Local...

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CASigned into law 08/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance Policies
A.B. 2181
Amends existing law that specifically authorizes a court to order a person who is convicted for failing to comply with compulsory attendance...

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GAAdopted 07/2006P-12Remediation, Charter Schools, Class Size, Student Attendance
GAC 160-4-5-.01; -4-9-.04; -5-1-.08, -.10
Clarifies rules regarding the following:

Remedial education for students in grades 6-12: http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/160/4/5/01.pdf...

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MDVetoed 05/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance in Baltimore
S.B. 741
Increases the age range for compulsory public school attendance in Baltimore City to between the ages of 5 years old and 18 years old; requi...

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MDSigned into law 05/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance Task Force
H.B. 36; SB 741
Establishes a Task Force to Study Raising the Compulsory Public School Attendance Age to 18; requires the Task Force to evaluate and make re...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance for Blind Students
S.B. 3917
Concerns Education; revises the age of children to whom the compulsory school attendance requirements for blind children apply from between ...

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COSigned into law 05/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance Age and Hour Requirements
S.B. 73
Concerns the age specifications relating to compulsory school attendance. Every child who has attained the age of seven years and is under t...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Requirements for Students Leaving School at Age 16
H.B. 7087 (Section 18)
If a student decides to leave school at age 16, several procedures must be followed. This bill adds the following requirements:
The student...

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GASigned into law 04/2006P-12Excused Absences
H.B. 984
Provides that a student whose parent or legal guardian is in military service is granted up to 5 excused absences per school year to visit w...

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TNSigned into law 04/2006P-12Excused Absences for Children of Military Families
S.B. 3379
Excuses children from school on days of deployment and return from deployment for military service of a parent or guardian. Provides that if...

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LAAdopted 04/2006P-12Hospital/Homebound Instruction
LAC 28:CXV.1103
Establishes procedures for hospital/homebound instruction for a student who is enrolled in regular or special education and who, as a result...

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WVRule Adoption 04/2006P-12Attendance
Title 126, Series 81
Amends rules regarding half-day attendance and specific ages for compulsory school attendance. Identifies the specific number of days in whi...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Students Attending Nonclassroom Activities
H.B. 1347 Section 14
Allows a district to authorize the absence and excuse of a student who attends any educationally related nonclassroom activity. Requires any...

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WVSigned into law 03/2006P-12Penalties for Compulsory Attendance Violations
S.B. 631
Clarifies the summons or warrant and complaint process when a parent, custodian or guardian fails to comply with compulsory attendance laws ...

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KYSigned into law 03/2006P-12Advancing Kindergarten-Age Students to First Grade
S.B. 35
Clarifies that a school district may advance a child through the primary program if he or she is at least five but less than six years old; ...

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VASigned into law 02/2006P-12Penalty for False Statement of Residency
H.B. 1222
Provides that any person who knowingly makes a false statement concerning the residency of a child for the purpose of avoiding tuition charg...

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NVAdopted 01/2006P-12Maximum Age for a High Schooler
NAC 387.345
Establishes rules regarding maximum age for a high school pupil in Nevada -- to allow for basic support apportionment for pupils who are ove...

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MDAdopted 01/2006P-12Attending school outside of county
COMAR 13A.08.05.01 thru .07
Requires a county superintendent to allow a child who is a Maryland resident to attend a public school free of charge in a county other than...

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LAEmergency Rule Adoption 10/2005P-12Truancy Assessment and Service Centers
LAC 67:III.5539
Re-establishes Truancy Assessment and Service Centers to identify, assess and intervene to ensure K-6 students attend school regularly. Whil...

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ILSigned into law 08/2005P-12The Parental Participation Pilot Project
S.B. 10
Provides that by the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, the State Board of Education shall by rule establish a parental participation p...

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ILSigned into law 07/2005P-12Change of Residence Due to Parent's Military Service Obligation
H.B. 156
Provides that if a pupil's change of residence is due to the military service obligation of a person who has legal custody of the pupil, the...

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DESigned into law 07/2005P-12Parent Responsibility for Truant Children
H.B. 109
Amends 2728 and 2729 of Title 14 to clarify that when both parents are listed on a student's school records and both parents are Delaware re...

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CAVetoed 06/2005P-12Attendance Review Board Recommendations
A.B. 656
Under existing law, a county school attendance review board may be established in each county to propose and promote the
use of alternatives...

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TXSigned into law 05/2005Postsec.Excusal for Military Service
H.B. 1630
From bill analysis: Requires an institution of higher education to excuse a student from attending classes or engaging in other required act...

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NV(H) APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. CHAPTER 47. 05/2005P-12Authorizes boards of trustees of school districts to accommodate medical absences in policy for attendance of pupils at school
H.B. 76
AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the board of trustees of a school district to accommodate certain pupils who are physically or men...

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GASigned into law 04/2005P-12Compulsory Attendance Laws
H.B. 26
Repeals the authority for the Governor to suspend all or any part of compulsory attendance requirements because of a riot, insurrection, pub...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12General Assembly Pages
H.B. 2461
Provides an excused absence from school for the one day a student is serving as a page for the general assembly. States that the student may...

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NMSigned into law 04/2005P-12School District Attendance Policies
H.B. 955
Relates to compulsory school attendance; requires that school district attendance policies use withdrawal of students pursuant to the defini...

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VASigned into law 03/2005P-12Educational Protections for Foster Care Children
S.B. 1006
Clarifies that the public schools in a school divisions shall be free to children in foster care living in that school division in the same ...

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VASigned into law 03/2005P-12False Statements on Child Residency
H.B. 2382
Creates a Class 4 misdemeanor charge for making a false statement concerning the residency of a child in a particular school division or sch...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12Habitual Truancy
H.B. 72
Establishes that any student enrolled in a public school who is over 18 but not 21 years of age and who has been absent from school without ...

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NDTo governor 03/2005P-12School Attendance
H.B. 1194
Relates to contract terms for the cross-border attendance of elementary and high school students.

http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-200...

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IDSigned into law 03/2005P-12Habitual Truant
S.B. 1066
Revises the definition of a "habitual truant." Revises the provisions applicable to proceedings against parents and guardians whose children...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12Nonresident Student Contracts
H.B. 197
Relates to nonresident student contracts; allows two local school districts to enter into a nonresident student contract for more than one y...

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SDSigned into law 03/2005P-12Cross Border Education Contracts
H.B. 1149
Allows the Department of Education to enter into certain enrollment agreements with the State of North Dakota; compensates certain school di...

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ILSigned into law 01/2005P-12School Code
H.B. 757
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code to allow a child with a disability who has completed four years of high sch...

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NMRule Adoption 12/2004P-12Public School Administration/Accountability/Standards
NMAC 6.10.8
Establishes rules regarding compulsory school attendance. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.010.0008.htm ...

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NJTo governor 12/2004P-12School Time Curfew Ordinances
S.B. 155
Permits municipalities to adopt school-time curfew ordinances for juveniles....

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OHRule Adoption 10/2004P-12Education Program for Parents of Truant Students
OAC 3301-47-01
Amends rules relating to the establishment of an education program for parents of truant students. OHIO REG 11546 (SN)...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Charter Schools and Student Discipline/Attendance
A.B. 1860
Prohibits a school district governing board from denying a charter school petition, unless it makes findings that the petition lacks a descr...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Health Services Authorization Affidavit
A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Section 12: Existing law deems a pupil to have complied with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the pu...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Compulsory Attendance Laws
A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions)
Extends authorization to January 1, 2006 for a court to order a person who is convicted for failing to comply with compulsory attendance law...

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GAAdopted 08/2004P-12Class Size; Absences and Excuses
GAC 160-5-1-.08; -.10
Clarifies rules regarding class size, absences and excuses. Renames chapter on absences as Student Attendance. Provides definition of truant...

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ILSigned into law 08/2004P-12Compulsory School Age; Alternative Education
S.B. 2918
Increases the compulsory school age from 16 to 17 years of age, with exceptions. Provides that certain provisions that apply to truant offic...

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ILSigned into law 07/2004P-12Student Enrollment
S.B. 2115
Amends the School Code. Allows a school or school district to deny enrollment to a student 16 years of age or older for one semester for fai...

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NYSigned into law 07/2004P-12Minor Age Increase For Non School Attendance
A.B. 1892
Provides that each school district shall have the power to require minors from sixteen to seventeen years of age to attend upon full time da...

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LASigned into law 06/2004P-12Juvenile Service Center Truancy and Assessment
H.B. 1527
Authorizes any parish in the state, not just pre-existing pilot program parishes, to create truancy and assessment and service centers. Loui...

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AKSigned into law 06/2004P-12Public School Attendance
H.B. 338
Amends the required age of a child for school attendance. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0338Z&session=23...

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ARRule Adoption 06/2004P-12Mandatory Attendance Requirements for Grades 9 - 12
ADE 169
Establishes rules regarding mandatory attendance requirements for grades 9 - 12. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/ade%20169%20mandatory%20atten...

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RITo governor 06/2004P-12No Pass No Drive
S.B. 2594
Provides that if a minor accumulates fifteen (15) unexcused absences within ninety (90) calendar days, they are ineligible for driving privi...

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RIBecame law without governor's signature 06/2004P-12Drivers License Requirement
H.B. 7397
Would set eligibility requirements for school attendance to obtain a driver's license for minor students. This act would take effect on Janu...

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MSSigned into law 05/2004P-12Adequate Education Program
H.B. 741
Relates to Adequate Education Program; deletes repealer on high growth school district formula.

If during the year for which adequate edu...

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MDSigned into law 05/2004P-12Truancy Reduction Pilot Program
H.B. 1443
Authorizes the establishment of a Truancy Reduction Pilot Program in certain counties; establishes that failure of children to attend school...

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KSSigned into law 05/2004P-12
Postsec.
Compulsory Attendance Exemption for Concurrently Enrolled Students
H.B. 2795 (multiple provisions)
Section 1: Allows student age 16 or 17 to be exempt from compulsory attendance requirements if student is regularly enrolled in a school and...

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MSSigned into law 05/2004P-12Office Of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement
H.B. 663
Deletes repealer on the Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement.

Extends the repealer on the Office of Compulsory School Attenda...

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NJSigned into law 05/2004P-12Task Force to Study Attendance in Public Schools
A.J.R. 68
Establishes the Task Force to Study Attendance in Public Schools to study current practices within school districts in the state regarding s...

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GASigned into law 05/2004P-12Education Provisions
H.B. 1190
Provides for the revision of certain provisions regarding education flexibility and accountability; requires the State Board of Education to...

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TNSigned into law 05/2004P-12Residency When Custodial Parents Span Districts
S.B. 3305
Requires the state board to formulate policy for attendance and transfer of students whose custodial parents reside in two local education a...

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MSSigned into law 04/2004P-12State Auditor
H.B. 1251
Provides the State Auditor with authority to establish effective and efficient policies and procedures for auditing student attendance and d...

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NESigned into law 04/2004P-12Compulsory Attendance Ages
L.B. 868
LB 868 changes the mandatory ages for compulsory education. From the fiscal note: Currently, ages are from age 7 through
age 15. Beginning i...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12School Attendance Enforcement
H.B. 1326
Strengthens the mechanisms for enforcement of the compulsory school attendance law; removes the restriction on the court's use of contempt p...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Notification to Parents of Rights of Students
S.B. 438
Directs local school boards to notify parents of the educational rights of students who fail to graduate or who have failed to achieve the n...

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KYSigned into law 04/2004P-12Excused Absences from School
S.B. 80
Requires a school principal to give a student an excused absence of up to ten days to pursue an educational enhancement opportunity of signi...

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KYSigned into law 04/2004P-12Children With Disabilities
H.B. 10
Provides that an exemption from compulsory attendance student may be granted to 1) a child certified by specified professionals to have a ch...

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VASigned into law 03/2004P-12Compulsory School Attendance
S.B. 404
Excuses from compulsory school attendance requirements persons 16 through 18 years of age who are housed in adult correctional facilities an...

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INSigned into law 03/2004P-12Reporting Student Absenteeism
H.B. 1202
Requires a school corporation or an accredited nonpublic school to report to the local health department the percentage of student absences ...

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MESigned into law 03/2004P-12Habitual Truants
H.P. 800
Requires the superintendent to send a notice to the parent of a truant informing the parent that the child is truant and the child is requir...

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NMRule Adoption 12/2003P-12School Attendance
NMAC 8.200.420; Section 10
Establishes rules amending language to remove school attendance requirements for children under 18 years of age. Clarifies school attendance...

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WISigned into law 11/2003P-12Dispositional Orders for Truancy
A.B. 62
Provides for the specifications for school attendance of a dispositional order for truant or habitual truant and the disclosure of juvenile ...

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TXRule Adoption 10/2003P-12Student Attendance Accounting
19 TAC 129.1025
Amends rules concerning student attendance accounting. Adopts by reference the 2003-2004 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook which provid...

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OHSigned into law 08/2003P-12Measuring Attendance
H.B. 3 - Omnibus Bill -- Attendance Rates
Requires the department of education, by January 1, 2004, to provide to the General Assembly a feasible standard for measuring school distri...

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RISigned into law 07/2003P-12First Grade Entrance Age
S.B. 593
This act would provide that a child, who has or will have completed six (6) years of life on or before September 1, rather than December 1, ...

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RISigned into law 07/2003P-12Compulsory Schooling Ages
S.B. 594
Provides that a child, who has or will have completed six (6) years of life by September 1, rather than December 1, of any school year, and ...

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DESigned into law 07/2003P-12Truancy
H.B. 186
Relates to truancy; permits local school districts and charter schools to define what constitutes a valid excuse from attending school and t...

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NCSigned into law 07/2003P-12Child Welfare Laws
S.B. 421
Enhances the state's ability to protect children; after a student has 10 absences, if a principal finds that the parent has not made a
good ...

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NHSigned into law 07/2003P-12Public School Education Legal Residency
H.B. 568
Relates to legal residency for the purpose of public school education; changes the definition of legal residency for homeless children and y...

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DESigned into law 06/2003P-12Homeschool and Attendance Requirements
S.B. 103
This legislation is in response to the report by the Homeschool Committee as created by SJR 9. This legislation defines the types of homesc...

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MESigned into law 06/2003P-12Health Records
S.P. 96 (LD 262)
Requires that disciplinary, attendance and health records be included in the records that follow a student who transfers to another school e...

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NVSigned into law 05/2003P-12Requirements for Promotion to Next Grade
S.B. 253
Provides that a pupil must be in attendance for a minimum number of days to obtain credit or to be promoted to the next higher grade; requir...

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TXSigned into law 05/2003P-12Reciprocity Agreements
H.B. 591
To facilitate the transfer of military personnel and their dependents to and from the public schools of this state, the agency is required t...

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TNSigned into law 05/2003P-12Fraudulent Enrollment
S.B. 396
Prohibits out-of-district or out-of-state enrollment within a school system. Restitution for out-of-district or out-of-state enrollment wou...

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MESigned into law 05/2003P-12Enrollment Age EligibilitySAME AS: 592
S.P. 201
Regards age eligibility for enrollment in a public secondary school; authorizes the Commissioner of Education to waive on a case-by-case bas...

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WASigned into law 04/2003P-12Expanding Residency
H.B. 1470
Expands "residency" for purposes of attending Washington public schools. Any child who is of school age and otherwise eligible, residing
i...

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COSigned into law 04/2003P-12School Attendance Law
H.B. 1226
Concerns a juvenile's right to counsel at proceedings under the School Attendance Law of 1963. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.ns...

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WVSigned into law 03/2003P-12No Pass No Drive Changes
S.B. 162
Expunges motor vehicle license information for nineteen-year-olds when suspensions or revocations of their licenses are due to school attend...

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ARSigned into law 03/2003P-12Full School Days
H.B. 1439
Requires high school students in grades 9 -12 to attend a full school day. Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year, students in
grades nine...

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ARSigned into law 03/2003P-12Attendance Law
H.B. 1457
Amends the compulsory attendance law to reflect changes in the general education diploma requirements.http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/...

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VASigned into law 03/2003P-12Truancy Court
H.B. 1559
Allows a juvenile who is found to be in need of services or in need of supervision for failure to comply with the compulsory school attendan...

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MSSigned into law 03/2003P-12Minimum Compulsory School Age
S.B. 2394
Provides that the Compulsory School Attendance Law shall apply to any 5-year-old as of September 1st of an academic year, and who is already...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Accountability Report Cards, Other
A.B. 1818
Requires the school accountability report card to include the rate of pupils who earn Governor's scholarship awards. Deletes provisions whic...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Compulsory Attendance for Kindergarten
A.B. 634
Makes, commencing 7/1/2004, the Compulsory Attendance Law apply to a child, and the parents or guardian of a child between the ages of 5 and...

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DESigned into law 06/2002P-12Truancy Prevention
S.B. 404

This Act requires the building principal to notify a visiting teacher when a student in grades 6 through 12 has ten or more unexcused days ...

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RITo governor 06/2002P-12Compulsory Attendance
S.B. 2108
Requires children between 16 and 18 years of age to obtain permission from a custodial parent or guardian in order to be exempt from mandato...

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OKVetoed 06/2002P-12Transfers, Social Studies
S.B. 701
On or before September 1, 2002, the state board must adopt rules to ensure that students who transfer into an Oklahoma school district from ...

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DESigned into law 06/2002P-12Truancy Charges Against Parents and Students
H.B. 380
Permits civil charges to be brought against a student at the same time that criminal charges are brought against the parent, if the student ...

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TNSigned into law 06/2002P-12Truancy Prevention
H.B. 2650
Relates to truancy; mukes state-wide present authorization limited to Shelby County for local education agency to enter into agreement with ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: New Section on Student Conduct and Parental Involvement Goals
S.B. 20E
Establishes legislative intent that 1) every K-12 public school student attend school throughout the school year and comply with the school'...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Military Leave of Absence Granted
H.B. 464
Extends active duty military protections and rights to members of the National Guard called or ordered by the Governor to State active duty ...

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COSigned into law 04/2002P-12Violation of Court Order for Truancy
H.B. 1079
Allows the court to impose incarceration to juvenile detention facility for violating a valid court order under the "School Attendance Law o...

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LASigned into law 04/2002P-12Truancy and Assessment and Service Centers
S.B. 32A
Adds a judicial district to the truancy and assessment and service center pilot program. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/021ES/CVT5/OU...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement; School Attendance Officers; Task Force for Department Financial Management Practices Review
H.B. 492
Reenacts sections relating to Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement and school attendance officers. Creates a Task Force to Con...

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12District Actions Against School Attendance Violations
H.B. 657
Provides a procedure for the board of trustees of a school district when a child is determined to be in violation of school attendance requi...

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MSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Adult Presence at Child's School Enrollment
H.B. 1030
Clarifies that school districts may require a parent, guardian or custodian to accompany child seeking to enroll in the school district....

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WVSigned into law 03/2002P-12Attending Outside the District
H.B. 4428
Relates to the counting of students in net enrollment when the transfer of students between counties is effectuated without the agreement of...

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CASigned into law 01/2002P-12Omnibus Bill -- Truancy, Dropout Prevention Components
A.B. 804
Any minor who is required to be reported as a truant may be required to attend makeup
classes conducted on one day of a weekend and is subje...

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LASigned into law 07/2001P-12Compulsory Attendance Until Age 18
H.B. 19
, Requires with certain exceptions, persons having control of a child to send such child to school from the child's seventh birthday until h...

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TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12Truancy
S.B. 1432
Relates to truancy and the authority of justice and municipal courts in relation to children; provides criminal penalties for contributing t...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Remote Internet-Based Courses
S.B. 595
The state board shall adopt rules no later than July 1, 2001, to provide for the implementation of remote internet-based courses. Each dist...

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IASigned into law 05/2001P-12Compulsory Attendance
S.B. 412
Relates to the compulsory attendance age and attendance at school during the regular school calendar by a child who has reached the age of 1...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Cannot Suspend for Truancy
S.B. 439
Prohibits suspension as discipline for failure to attend class; stipulates other methods of discipline may be used for the pupil which may i...

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NDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Attendance of Six-Year Olds
H.B. 1371
Any person having responsibility for a child between the ages of seven and sixteen years
shall ensure that the child is in attendance at a p...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Students Attending Adult Ed. Programs
H.B. 2300
Institutes a monitoring program for students obtaining waivers of school attendance requirements to attend adult education programs....

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NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12Compulsory Attendance Age
H.B. 781
Raises compulsory school attendance age from 16 to age 17....

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12State Fair an Excuse for Missing School
S.B. 86
Relates to school districts; requires districts to excuse students participating in the state fair from school attendance....

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NYTo governor 12/2000P-12Compulsory Attendance
S.B. 8071
Increases the age after which a minor may not be required to attend school from 16 to 17....

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TNBecame law without governor's signature 06/2000P-12Tying Drivers License to Attendance
S.B. 3152
Requires State to deny drivers license or permit to student withdrawn from secondary school who has 5 or more unexcused absences while atten...

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VTSigned into law 06/2000P-12Compulsory School Attendance (part of Safe Schools Bill)
H.B. 270
The age of compulsory school attendance is lowered from age seven to six. ...

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CTSigned into law 05/2000P-12Compulsory Attendance - Age 18
H.B. 5276
Starting July 1, 2001, this act requires students to stay in school until age 18, instead of age 16, unless their parents consent to their l...

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TNSigned into law 05/2000P-12Habitual Truancy
S.B. 2425
Establishes standard by which school pupils subject to mandatory attendance are found to be habitual truant or truant; authorizes law enforc...

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NHSigned into law 04/2000P-12Interstate Agreement for Attendance
S.B. 319
In cases where New Hampshire is party to an interstate school agreement with another state, this bill allows New Hampshire pupils to attend ...

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MSSigned into law 04/2000P-12Law Enforcement authorized for Truancy Prevention
S.B. 3043
Provides that certain law enforcement officers shall be authorized to investigate and file petitions in the proper court against parent or c...

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GASigned into law 03/2000P-12Omnibus Bill - Compulsory Attendance
H.B. 1187
The compulsory attendance age is lowered from seven to six. ...

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GASigned into law 03/2000P-12Omnibus Bill - School Attendance Zones
H.B. 1187
Allows parents or guardians of students who live closer to a school other than the one to which they are assigned to request to attend the c...

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VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Attendance/Driving Privileges
H.B. 490
Requires the juvenile and domestic relations court to order the denial of driving privileges for at least 30 days to any child at least 13 y...

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VASigned into law 02/2000P-12
Postsec.
K-12 Nonresident Tuition
S.B. 499
Revises the provision authorizing school boards to admit nonresident students and charge such students tuition, to provide that persons of s...

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