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From the ECS State Policy Database 1994-2013

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The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. 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. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--Legal Issues Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Enrollment/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... More... CA Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 Residency 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... More... NH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Residency 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... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Public 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... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Average 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... More... GA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Attendance 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 ... More... IL Adopted 05/2012 P-12 School 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 ... More... LA Adopted 05/2012 P-12 Louisiana 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... More... MA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Interstate 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 ... More... VA Vetoed 05/2012 P-12 Public 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... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Interstate 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... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Age 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... More... MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Residency 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... More... NE Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... WY Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Interstate 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... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Documents 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... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Excused 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Stalking 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Children 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... More... CA Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 County 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... More... CA Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Conditional 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... More... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Excused 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... More... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Establishes 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 ... More... IN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Compulsory 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 ... More... HI Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Interstate 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... More... NH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Student 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... More... OR Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Attendance H.B. 3197 Relating to school attendance. Requires school districts to adopt attendance notification policies and specifies the required elements. Prov... More... PA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Multiple 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... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Foster 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... More... IL Adopted 05/2011 P-12 School 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... More... TN Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Responsibility 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... More... TN Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Attendance 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Adjudication 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... More... VT Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Amends 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... More... WV Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Interstate 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... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Kindergarten 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... More... ND Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Clarifies 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 ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Special 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... More... SD Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Excusal 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-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... More... CA Signed into law 10/2010 P-12 Truants 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... More... CA Vetoed 09/2010 P-12 Determining 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 ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 Reporting 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... More... CA Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 Chronic 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... More... GA Adopted 08/2010 P-12 Student 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... More... NC Signed into law 07/2010 P-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... More... NC Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Enrollment 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... More... GA Vetoed 06/2010 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-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... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Student 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... More... NH Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Truancy 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... More... TN Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Truancy - 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... More... WI Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Habitual 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... More... KY Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Interscholastic 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... More... NE Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Kindergarten 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Parental 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Religious 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... More... IL Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Professional 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... More... KY Adopted 01/2010 P-12 Recording 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... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Excused 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... More... NV Rule Adoption 10/2009 P-12 CREDIT GRANTED NAC 389.670 Revises provisions governing credit granted for a specific course of study without having attended regularly scheduled classes. www.leg.sta... More... NV Rule Adoption 10/2009 P-12 ENROLLMENT 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... More... WI Signed into law 10/2009 P-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 ... More... ND Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Student Absences S.B. 2217 Requires teachers to notify administrators when a student is absent without an excuse. Requires administrators to investigate the absence. P... More... ND Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Entrance 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... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Excused 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... More... LA Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Truancy 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... More... LA Adopted 06/2009 P-12 Attendance 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Excused 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Student 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... More... AL Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Interstate 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... More... GA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Military 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Enrollment 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... More... MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Suspension/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... More... MS Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Superintendent 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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... AR Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Educational 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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Missed 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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Children 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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Excused 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Education 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... More... AR Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 School Attendance Laws S.B. 295 Ensures consistent public school attendance laws. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/SB295.pdf... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Sufficient 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... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Suspension 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... More... CO Adopted 01/2009 P-12 Attendence 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... More... IL Signed into law 12/2008 P-12 Truancy S.B. 2743 Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that if a code violation involves a municipal ordinance regulating truants, the hearing date mu... More... WY Adopted 10/2008 P-12 School Foundation Program Chapter 8 These emergency rules amend the existing rules related to the school foundation program.  The emergency rules provide additional definitions... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 Attendance 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... More... LA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Habitual 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... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Attendance 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... More... DE Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Compact 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/... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Absences 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... More... NH Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Committee 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... More... MI Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Student 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... More... CO Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Student 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... More... KY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Status 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... More... MD Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Response 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... More... VT Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Absences 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 ... More... IN Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Attendance 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... More... MS Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Reporting 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... More... LA Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... NH Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Raises 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... More... NH Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Twins 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... More... NH Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Clarifies 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... More... TX Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Excused 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... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-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... More... OR Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Defines "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... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Pilot: 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Truancy 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... More... DE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Enhanced 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... More... ME Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Compulsory 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 ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Pupil 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 ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Permitting 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 ... More... MT To governor 04/2007 P-12 Services 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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... TX Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Requiring 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Alternative 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 ... More... CO Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Minimum 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... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Kindergarten 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... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Raises 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... More... UT Adopted 11/2006 P-12 Per 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... More... CA Signed into law 08/2006 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... GA Adopted 07/2006 P-12 Remediation, 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... More... CO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Requirements 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... More... MD Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... MD Vetoed 05/2006 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... TN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Compulsory 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 ... More... GA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Excused 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... More... LA Adopted 04/2006 P-12 Hospital/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... More... TN Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Excused 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... More... WV Rule Adoption 04/2006 P-12 Attendance 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... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Students 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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Advancing 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; ... More... WV Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Penalties 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 ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2006 P-12 Penalty 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... More... MD Adopted 01/2006 P-12 Attending 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... More... NV Adopted 01/2006 P-12 Maximum 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... More... LA Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2005 P-12 Truancy 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 The 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... More... DE Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Parent 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... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Change 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... More... CA Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Attendance 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... More... NV (H) APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. CHAPTER 47. 05/2005 P-12 Authorizes 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 General 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... More... GA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School 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... More... ID Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Habitual Truant S.B. 1066 Revises the definition of a "habitual truant." Revises the provisions applicable to proceedings against parents and guardians whose children... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Nonresident 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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Habitual 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 ... More... ND To governor 03/2005 P-12 School 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... More... SD Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Cross 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 False 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Educational 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 ... More... IL Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 School 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... More... NJ To governor 12/2004 P-12 School Time Curfew Ordinances S.B. 155 Permits municipalities to adopt school-time curfew ordinances for juveniles.... More... NM Rule Adoption 12/2004 P-12 Public 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 ... More... OH Rule Adoption 10/2004 P-12 Education 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)... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Charter 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... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Health 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... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... GA Adopted 08/2004 P-12 Class 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... IL Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Student 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... More... NY Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Minor 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... More... AK Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Public 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... More... AR Rule Adoption 06/2004 P-12 Mandatory 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... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Juvenile 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... More... RI Became law without governor's signature 06/2004 P-12 Drivers 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... More... RI To governor 06/2004 P-12 No 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... More... GA Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Education Provisions H.B. 1190 Provides for the revision of certain provisions regarding education flexibility and accountability; requires the State Board of Education to... More... KS Signed into law 05/2004 P-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... More... MD Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Truancy 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... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Office 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... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Adequate 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... More... NJ Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Task 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... More... TN Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Residency 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... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Excused 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... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Children 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... More... MS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 State Auditor H.B. 1251 Provides the State Auditor with authority to establish effective and efficient policies and procedures for auditing student attendance and d... More... NE Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 School 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... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Notification 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... More... IN Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Reporting 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 ... More... ME Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Habitual 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... NM Rule Adoption 12/2003 P-12 School 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... More... WI Signed into law 11/2003 P-12 Dispositional 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 ... More... TX Rule Adoption 10/2003 P-12 Student Attendance Accounting 19 TAC 129.1025 Amends rules concerning student attendance accounting. Adopts by reference the 2003-2004 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook which provid... More... OH Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Measuring 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... More... DE Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Truancy 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... More... NC Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Child 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 ... More... NH Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Public 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... More... RI Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 First 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, ... More... RI Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Compulsory 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 ... More... DE Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Homeschool 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... More... ME Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Health 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... More... ME Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Enrollment 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... More... NV Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Requirements 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... More... TN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Fraudulent 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Reciprocity 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... More... CO Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Expanding 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... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Full 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... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Attendance 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/... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Minimum 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Truancy 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... More... WV Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 No 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... More... CA Vetoed 09/2002 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Accountability 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... More... DE Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Truancy 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 ... More... DE Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Truancy 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 ... More... OK Vetoed 06/2002 P-12 Transfers, 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 ... More... RI To governor 06/2002 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... TN Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Truancy 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 ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education 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'... More... AL Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Military 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 ... More... CO Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Violation 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... More... LA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Truancy 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... More... MS Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Office 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... More... ID Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 District 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... More... MS Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Adult 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.... More... WV Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Attending 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... More... CA Signed into law 01/2002 P-12 Omnibus 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... More... LA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Truancy S.B. 1432 Relates to truancy and the authority of justice and municipal courts in relation to children; provides criminal penalties for contributing t... More... IA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Remote 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... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Cannot 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Students Attending Adult Ed. Programs H.B. 2300 Institutes a monitoring program for students obtaining waivers of school attendance requirements to attend adult education programs.... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Attendance 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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Compulsory Attendance Age H.B. 781 Raises compulsory school attendance age from 16 to age 17.... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 State 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.... More... NY To governor 12/2000 P-12 Compulsory Attendance S.B. 8071 Increases the age after which a minor may not be required to attend school from 16 to 17.... More... TN Became law without governor's signature 06/2000 P-12 Tying 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... More... VT Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Compulsory School Attendance (part of Safe Schools Bill) H.B. 270 The age of compulsory school attendance is lowered from age seven to six. ... More... CT Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... TN Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Habitual 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... More... MS Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Law 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... More... NH Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Interstate 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 ... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Compulsory Attendance H.B. 1187 The compulsory attendance age is lowered from seven to six. ... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Attendance/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... More... VA Signed into law 02/2000 P-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... More... LA Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Creates Pilot Programs S.B. 1008 Creates truancy assessment and service center pilot programs in certain parishes.... More... OH Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Kindergarten Compulsory School Age H.B. 281 Requires a child under the age of 6 who attends kindergarten to be considered of compulsory school age.... More... LA Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Requires Notification of Student Withdrawal from Public School S.B. 252 Requires approved private schools and other approved programs to notify public schools of the enrollment of students who leave public school... More... ME Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Establishes Commission to Study Children in Need of Services S.B. 643 Establishes the Commission to Study Children in Need of Services; requires the Commission to review truancy problems, children who run away ... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Age Requirements for Attendance and High School Equivalency Examinations S.B. 1472 Relates to the age at which a student may take the high school equivalency examinations and the age of compulsory attendance in public schoo... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Fines for Violating Compulsory School Attendance Law H.B. 1961 Relates to fines collected for thwarting the compulsory school attendance law.... More... FL Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill) H.B. 751 Superintendents are responsible for enforcing attendance, including recommendations to the school board. Board policies must require that a... More... ME Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Gives Authority to Superintendent Regarding Truancy and Alternative Education H.B. 1211 Permits the Superintendent of the school district to meet with the parents or guardian of a truant student and explain the benefits of atten... More... MN Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Juvenile Court Jurisdiction over Truants S.B. 1180 Extends juvenile court jurisdiction over children who are habitual truants.... More... AR Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Community Truancy Boards S.B. 913 Creates community truancy boards.... More... AR Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Permits Children to Attend Parent-Employee's School H.B. 2049 Amends Arkansas Code 6-18-203 to permit children of employees of non-resident school districts attend the district where the parent is emplo... More... AR Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Compulsory School Attendance H.B. 1197 Changes cutoff date for compulsory attendance from September 1 to September 15 (ages 5-17). Allows parents to elect not to send child to ki... More... NE Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Broadens Parental Responsibility under Truancy Laws L.B. 152 Amends Sec. 70-201 to require every person with legal or actual control of a child who is younger than 7 and is enrolled in any public schoo... More... UT Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Clarifies Compulsory Education Requirements H.B. 85 Clarifies the compulsory education requirements; and makes technical corrections.... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Truancy Provisions H.B. 1817 Relates to truancy; allows intake officers to proceed on a complaint that a child is in need of services or supervision; requires attendance... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Postsec. Clarifies Residency Criteria and Tuition Charges S.B. 1284 Clarifies that no person may be charged tuition for admission to enrollment in public schools, whether on a full- or part-time basis, who me... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Authorizes Waivers of Attendance Requirements H.B. 2384 Authorizes local school boards to waive compulsory attendance requirements; provides that home-schooled students need not have 3 consecutive... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Community-Based Program for Suspended and Expelled Students S.B. 1128 Establishes Community-Based Program for Suspended and Expelled Students to provide interim instructional programs, intervention and supervis... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Citizenship as a Condition of School Admission S.B. 559 Strikes the requirement that local school boards verify as a condition of school admission, the citizenship of students for whom English is ... More... VT Signed into law 02/1999 P-12 Safe Learning Environment H.B. 270 Promotes a safe learning environment in public schools; provides for compulsory school attendance for children between the ages of 6 and 16;... More... AR Signed into law 01/1999 P-12 Parental Responsibility for Providing False Address H.B. 1207 Creates parental responsibility for providing a false address for purpose of public enrollment in an unauthorized school district.... More... VA Signed into law 01/1999 P-12 Authorizes Law Enforcement to Deliver Truant Children to Truancy Center H.B. 2698 Authorizes law enforcement officers and attendance officers, who pick up a child for truancy to deliver the child to a truancy center, defin... More... RI Signed into law 07/1998 P-12 S.B. 2481 Requires that children placed in foster care receive the same appropriate public education available to all other eligible residents of the ... More... RI Signed into law 07/1998 P-12 H.B. 7310 Permits a school committee to suspend a student's working papers because of absenteeism or conduct that would justify a suspension from scho... More... AK Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 H.B. 367 Part-time Public School Students Relates to part-time public school students; provides for an effective date.... More... CT Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 S.B. 448 Expands duties of judicial branch in truancy cases; authorizes a demonstration project to establish a school and community based truancy pre... More... LA Died 06/1998 P-12 H.B. 451 Withdrawal from School Prior to Graduation Repeals provision permitting a student between the ages of 16 and 17 to withdraw from school prior to graduation with written consent from p... More... NJ Died 06/1998 P-12 S.B. 2182 Requires absence from school resulting from suspension to be counted as unexcused absence.... More... OK Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 No Pass No Drive S.B. 1429 School/Driving Privileges Relates to schools and driving privileges; requires for issuing certain driver licenses; restricts driving privileges for certain holders or... More... WI Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 WI 686 School Attendance Relates to compulsory school attendance; relates to habitual truancy; relates to penalties for contributing to truancy; relates to truancy p... More... AZ Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 2218 Expands truancy statute to cover charter schools and students attending home school; states the school principal or his designee takes over ... More... MN Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 2276 Gives school district the authority, by annual board action, to compel students to attend summer school, based on criteria adopted at the ti... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 S.B. 2003 Provides that a second offense of truancy on the part of a child shall constitute a delinquent act.... More... TN Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 2867 Allows children of teacher to attend school at which such parent or guardian teacher is employed, either in same or different district.... More... TN Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 No Pass No Drive S.B. 3048 Revises procedure for minor withdrawn from school to appeal revocation of driver license.... More... MS Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 1443 School Attendance Creates the Division of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement under the State Department of Education to effectuate a uniform, statewide ... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 1278 Provides that the notice to parents of a pupil's absences from school for three consecutive days or five days in one calendar month shall be... More... WI Died 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 273 Truancy Plan Relates to truancy planning committees and school district truancy plans; requires each school board to revaiew and, if appropriate, revise ... More... WI Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 346 Relates to the Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity agreement.... More... UT Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 H.B. 106 Truancy Support Center Appropriates $500,000 from the general fund to the State Board of Education for grants to districts to establish a Truancy Support Center.... More... WY Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 H.B. 51 Compulsory School Attendance Relates to compulsory school attendance; provides for an appeals process to release the compulsory school attendance requirement for parents... More... MO Died 12/1997 P-12 Attendance H.B. 928 Requires compulsory school attendance until age eighteen; conditions the issuance of driving privileges; requires parental permission to app... More... MA Died 09/1997 P-12 H.B. 4145 Driver's License Issues Relates to establishing certain school attendance requirements for minors to obtain a driver's license.... More... IL Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 H.B. 53 Attendance and Truancy Amends the School Code. Adds provisions applicable in Chicago that supplement and operate independently of existing truancy laws. Requires t... More... CT Died 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 6675 Compulsory School Attendance Requires children between the ages of sixteen and eighteen to have parental consent before leaving school.... More... CT Died 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 5011 Increase from 16 to 18 (Age) When Students Can Drop Out of School Increases from sixteen to eighteen the age when students can drop out of school; prepares students to become employable citizens by providin... More... LA Died 06/1997 P-12 Attendance Incentive S.B. 952 Incentives for Driver's License Requires continued enrollment in school and a 2.0 GPA to have and maintain a driver's license.... More... OK Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 No Pass No Drive S.B. 81 Builds on current literacy incentives which require a person under the age of 18 to be enrolled in school or a GED program in order to obtai... More... TN Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 S.B. 901 Compulsory School Attendance Age for Kindergarten Sets kindergarten age at five and mandatory school attendance age at six rather than seven years of age; exempts certain home school or non-... More... AL Died 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 887 Compulsory School Attendance Age Lowers mandatory school attendance age.... More... CT Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 472 Requires each local and regional board of education furnish, by transportation or otherwise, school accommodations so that each child five y... More... DE Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 34 Modifies the existing provisions of the law to require execution of an attendance contract between the parent or guardian and the school onl... More... FL Died 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 1309/S.B. 586 Compulsory School Attendance Revises the provisions regarding habitual truancy; revises definition of terms "habitual truant" and "dropout"; provides that a child over t... More... FL Died 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 2022 Compulsory School Attendance Relates to compulsory school attendance and age; revises age at which students must begin school.... More... IA Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 597 Requires an attendance cooperation meeting process prior to designating truant a child who has not completed the sixth grade; provides for a... More... KS Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 38 Compulsory Attendance Age of Children Changes the maximum boundary of the compulsory age requirement to "the age of 18 years and has not attained a high school diploma or a gener... More... MD Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 519 Requires specified individuals to initiate certain investigations regarding truancy under specified circumstances; authorizes specified indi... More... MO Died 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 240 Compulsory School Attendance Age Requires compulsory school attendance until age 18.... More... TN Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 777 Responsibility for Enrollment Deletes requirement that any person other than parent or guardian having custody or control of school age children shall cause such children... More... TN Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 1848 Attendance Issues Permits nonresident elementary or secondary student to attend school where parent teaches.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 2057 Relates to school attendance requirements; relates to participation in interscholastic activities by children instructed at home.... More... CA Died 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 893 Requires that a child be admitted to the kindergarten of an elementary school during the first month of a school year if the child will have... More... MD Died 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 73 School Attrendance and Driver's Education Establishes a school attendance classification of individuals between the ages of 15 and 18 years who may not participate in a driver's edu... More... MD Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 364 Requires that, subject to certain exceptions, a child shall attend a public school in county where the child is domiciled with a parent or g... More... MT Died 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 245 Compulsory Attendance Allows a child to leave school after completing the eighth grade.... More... NM Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 382 Compulsory School Attendance Removes the compulsory school attendance exemption for a person judged to be unable to benefit from instruction because of learning disabili... More... VA Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 Educational Requirements for Driver's Licenses H.B. 2066 Clarifies the educational and procedural requirements for the issuance of driver's licenses and learner's permits to minors; requires that o... More... AR Died 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 1067 Compulsory School Attendance Age Reduces the age for compulsory school attendance from 17 to 16 years of age.... More... CO Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 S.B. 13 Compulsory School Attendance Requires that the compulsory school attendance laws apply to a six-year-old child who is enrolled in a public school in the first grade or i... More... ND Passed 03/1997 P-12 H.C.R. 3040 Truancy Laws of the State Directs the Legislative Council to study the truancy laws of this state and whether there are sufficient options and alternatives available ... More... UT Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 392 Truancy Prevention Appropriates $100,000 to the State Board of Education for distribution of grants to local districts. The money will be used to establish tru... More... AR Died 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 1536 Revocation of Driving Privileges With Unexcused Absences Repeals A.C.A. 6-18-222 (b), which authorizes revocation of driving privileges of minors with excessive unexcused absences from school.... More... ID Died 02/1997 P-12 S.B. 1185 Compulsory School Attendance Relates to compulsory school attendance; provides that school attendance is compulsory until the age of 18 years.... More... RI Signed into law 08/1996 P-12 S.B. 2628 Prosecuting violations of attendance laws Permits police officers to prosecute violations of school attendance laws.... More... DE Died 06/1996 P-12 H.B. 449 Expelled Students Lose Their Driver's License Provides that when a student is expelled from a public school, that person also loses his or her driver's license.... More... HI Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 S.B. 2380 Lowers the Compulsory School Age Requirement Requires a child to attend a public or private school only until the age of 16 years rather than 18 years (with some amendments: need parent... More... MI Died 06/1996 P-12 H.B. 5962 Compulsory School Attendance Age Increases compulsory school attendance to the age of eighteen.... More... MO Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 S.B. 572 School Enrollment Age (Effective: 07/01/97) Repeals current law requiring school districts to evaluate the readiness for entry into kindergarten or first grade of... More... NC Died 06/1996 P-12 H.B. 109 No Driver's License for Dropouts Provides that high school age children who do not attend school are not eligible for driver's licenses. (DPI Legislative Review 4/6/95, Vol.... More... PA Died 06/1996 P-12 No Pass No Drive H.B. 2684 Eligibility for Operator's License Amends the Vehicles Code. Restricts person eligible for operator's licenses who have not graduated high school or who have below a c+ averag... More... SC Died 06/1996 P-12 No Pass No Drive H.B. 4760 Suspension of Minor's Driver's Licenses Relates to suspension of a minor's driver's license for possessing beer, wine, or alcoholic liquor and for certain other offenses, so as to ... More... AL Died 05/1996 P-12 S.B. 150 Compulsory School Age Requirements Requires every child to attend school until the child reaches age 17.... More... CO Died 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 1175 Compulsory School Attendance Requires school districts to prepare a written individual school attendance plan for each habitually truant student, specifying measures to ... More... CO Died 05/1996 P-12 S.B. 119 Truant Children Requires the school district to enforce the compulsory school attendance laws for 6 year olds. Amends the attendance law by removing any ref... More... DE Died 05/1996 P-12 S.B. 379 Legal Guardianship to Enroll Children in School Takes into account situations in which a child does not live with a parent but lives with someone to whom custody has been awarded by the Fa... More... MI Died 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 5885 Establishment of AFDC Program Requires the department of social services to establish an AFDC program to provide grants for teens to encourage school attendance; requests... More... OK Signed into law 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 2055 Absent students taken off school roles, student id system A pupil who has been absent without excuse for five consecutive days shall be taken off the school rolls. Modifies state aid support levels ... More... AL Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 S.J.R. 71 Boards of Ed & City and County govts are urged to enforce truancy laws ... More... TN Passed 04/1996 P-12 Driver's License Denied If Not Making Satisfactory Academic Progress H.B. 2296/S.B. 2414 Clarifies that motor vehicle license or permit will be denied if a student who is enrolled in a secondary school of this state or any other ... More... VA Became law without governor's signature 04/1996 P-12 School attendance and driver's licenses H.B. 1068 Requires compliance with compulsory school attendance laws for minor to be eligible to obtain a driver's license unless the Commissioner fin... More... VA Became law without governor's signature 04/1996 P-12 H.B. 375 Reporting of truancy Reduces the number of unexplained consecutive absences from five to three for a child to be reported to the attendance officer. Requires chi... More... VA Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 Obtaining Learner's Permit in School H.B. 520 Prohibits persons under the age of fifteen year and six months from obtaining a learners' permit if they are not in good academic standing.... More... VA Became law without governor's signature 04/1996 P-12 Compulsory School Attendance and a Driver's License H.B. 1284 (Effective: 07/01/96) Relates to require compliance with compulsory school attendance for a minor to be eligible to obtain a driver's licens... More... VA Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 S.B. 324 Unexplained Consecutive Absences (Effective: 04/10/96) Reduces the number of unexplained consecutive absences from five to three for a child to be reported to the attendance... More... WA Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 S.B. 324 Reporting unexplained consecutive absences Reduces the number of unexplained consecutive absences from five to three for a child to be reported to the attendance officer. A child must... More... ID Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 S.B. 1472 Suspension of a Driver's License Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the suspension of a driver's license for any person under the age of eighteen who drops out o... More... KY Died 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 903 Process for Truancy Requires specified school officials, upon receipt of a report that a student has been absent more than ten times in one month, to initiate a... More... MD Expired 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 1020 Alters the Term " Provisional Driver's License" to be "Provisional Driver's Permit" When a Student is Suspended. Expelled from Public School Requires a county school superintendent or private school principal to send notice to the Motor Vehicle Administration when a student is sus... More... SD Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 1145 Choice (Effective: 03/04/96) Allows a student to be assigned to whichever school is requested if there is no school in that student's district with... More... VA Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 Truancy and driver's licenses H.B. 230 Authorizes the court to suspend, restrict, or deny the issuance of a driver's license for students who have five unexcused absences from sch... More... IA Died 02/1996 P-12 S.B. 2143 Truancy School Establishes a truancy school in each area education agency; defines certain truants as children in need of assistance or as delinquents; mak... More... ID Signed into law 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 837 Five Year Olds Attend First Grade Amends existing law to allow children who have completed out of state kindergarten to attend first grade even though they are only five year... More... KY Died 02/1996 P-12 S.B. 257 Compulsory School Attendance Permits local boards of education to adopt a policy requiring students to attend at least 90% of a class in order to receive credit; require... More... KY Died 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 668 Enforcement of Compulsory School Attendance Amends KRS 159.130, relating to the powers of the directors of pupil personnel, to authorize them, their assistant, and police officers to t... More... KY Died 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 759 Habitual Truants Relates to the reduction of truancy, establishes programs to cooperate with local and state law enforcement to identify habitual truants for... More... MS Died 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 696 Enforcement of Compulsory School Attendance Creates the Department of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement under the administration of the State Auditor; provides for a system of e... More... NM Died 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 611 Dropouts and Suspended Driver's License Relates to motor vehicles. Amends and enacts certain sections of the NMSA 1978 to provide for suspension of a driver's license if the licens... More... VA Died 02/1996 P-12 Satisfactory Academic Progress for Driver's License H.B. 582 Provides that the academic good standing required for participation in driver's education and for the issuance of a driver's license will be... More... WI Died 02/1996 P-12 S.B. 300 Compulsory Attendance Age Lowered This bill reduces the age of compulsory school attendance from 18 to 17 years of age. Under this bill, upon the request of any child who is ... More... HI Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 96-2703 Compulsory School Age Requirements for Public and Private Requires a child to attend a public or private school from the age of 3 years, rather than 6 years. Requires a child to attend a public or p... More... HI Died 01/1996 P-12 S.B. 96-3073 Compulsory Age Requirement Lowers the age of compulsory education from 18 to 16; requires DOE to be responsible for providing alternative education to alienated and at... More... MD Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 96-303 Compulsory School Ages Raises the maximum age of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18. Provides specified exceptions. Raises the age at which an individual m... More... MD Expired 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 483 Dropouts and Driver's License Requires a County Board of Education to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual who drops out of high school; requires the ... More... MO Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 917 Compulsory School Attendance Compulsory school attendance until 18.... More... MS Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 1246 Age Cut Off Dates Changes cutoff date for six year old enrollment from September 1 to January 1.... More... SD Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 1116 Age for Compulsory School Attendance Revises the age for compulsory school attendance.... More... UT Died 01/1996 P-12 S.B. 81 Compulsory Education Age Requirement Relates to public education. Lowers the compulsory education and requirement from 18 to 14. Makes certain technical changes.... More... VT Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 633 Kindergarten and First Grade Ages Requires that a child be at least five years old before 9/1 to enter a public school kindergarten that year and at least six years old befor... More... WA Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 2737/S.B. 6660 Mandatory School Attendance Lowers the age for mandatory school attendance from eight to six. (From Senate Committee on Education: Do pass as substituted)... More... WV Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 4177 Compulsory School Age Requirement Requires school attendance until 18 years of age and provides alternative classrooms for disruptive students.... More... NJ Died 11/1995 P-12 A.B. 3145/S.B. 2330 Parents Subject to Community Service Provides parent of child failing to attend school is subject to community service.... More... WI Signed into law 11/1995 P-12 A.B. 130 Confidential Information Concerning Juveniles The bill contains a number of provisions that increase the exchange of otherwise confidential information about juveniles between law enforc... More... WI Signed into law 11/1995 P-12 A.B. 130 Habitually Truant Creates a juvenile justice code.... More... NH Died 10/1995 P-12 H.B. 1622 Tuition for Child Who Has No Right to Attend Provides that a parent who sends a child to a school which the child has no right to attend shall pay to the school district a fine equal to... More... WI Died 09/1995 P-12 S.B. 322 Habitual Truants' Driving Privileges Suspended This bill authorizes a school board to notify the department of transportation (DOT) that a pupil enrolled in the school district is a habit... More... CT Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 PA 95-304, sH.B. 6898 School Safety (Effective: 07/01/95) This act requires superintendents to bring a truant child's case to Superior Court if his parents fail to meet with sc... More... ME Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 LD 263 An Act to Permit Law Enforcement Officers to Transport Truants Back to School This bill permits law enforcement officers who see identified truants off school grounds during school hours to transport the truant student... More... CA Signed into law 06/1995 P-12 S.B. 102 Defines truancy Provides that pupils are truant if they are absent without valid excuse 3 full days in one school year or tardy or absent for more than any ... More... LA Signed into law 06/1995 P-12 S.B. 585 AFDC Program Relates to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program; prohibits payment of AFDC benefits to or on behalf of certain children; prov... More... MD Signed into law 06/1995 P-12 H.B. 132, chapter 350 School Attendance Under current law, a person who has under his or her control a child who is at least 5 years old, but under 16 years of age, is responsible ... More... RI Signed into law 06/1995 P-12 H.B. 6045 Early intervention programs for truancy Enables city or town school boards/committees and/or councils to adopt programs of early intervention and mediation in an effort to address ... More... KS Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 2109 Enforcing Compulsory Attendance H.B. 2109 authorized law enforcement officers to deliver children subject to the compulsory attendance law but not in shcool to the school t... More... KY Passed 05/1995 P-12 702 KAR 7:050 & 702 KAR 7:125 Average Daily Pupil Attendance (Effective: 05/01/95) Defines average daily attendance of pupils for funding purposes under the Support Educational Excellence in Kentucky P... More... ME Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 204 Law Enforcement Officers notifying school of truants Law Enforcement Officers who see identified truants off school grounds during school hours may not take action except to notify the school o... More... MO Died 05/1995 P-12 No Pass No Drive and Compulsory Schooling Issues H.B. 158 School Attendance This bill raises the age for compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18. The bill requires any person under 18 years of age who wishes to ob... More... OK Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 1975 Truant Officers' responsibilities Allows truant officers to give warnings orally or in person that the attendance of a child is required at school. Requires that if a child i... More... ND Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 Postsec. District Tuition Agreements, School Term S.B. 2159 Relates to uniform accounting and reporting, family transportation, definition of a high school student, meetings of County committees regar... More... TN Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 S.B. 1343 Expands penalties to parents of truants in K-12 Expands penalties to parents of habitually truant children to apply to parents of children in grades K-12.... More... AR Signed into law 03/1995 P-12 S.B. 525 - Parent Notification Requires school districts to notify parents when their children accumulate excessive "unexcused" absences.... More... KS Signed into law 03/1995 P-12 H.B. 2109 Relating to law enforcement officers taking truant children into custody Concerns children and minors; relating to law enforcement officers taking such children into temporary custody if not attending school.... More... CA Died 08/1994 P-12 A.B. 2707 Truancy; Bills would change pupil discipline laws The bill would: a) make the parents of pupils who have an arrest record for truancy, guilty of an infraction and punishable by a fine of $10... More... IA Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 SF 2237 School Attendance Requirements (Effective: 03/30/94) This Act permits a school district to excuse a graduating senior from attending school on a day or days added to the r... More... KS Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 H.B. 2899 High School Diplomas Amends a law which permits boards of education of two or more school districts to enter into agreements providing for attendance of pupils r... More... KS Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 H.B. 3087 Age of Entrance Changes from Sept 1 to Aug 31 the date on or before which a child must reach age five in order to be entitled to attend kindergarten or reac... More... TN Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 S.B. 2375 Notice to Parents of Truant Student This bill provides that the school superintendent shall provide written notice to parents of students who accumulate 5 days of absences. A n... More... CO Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 S.B. 72 School Attendance (Effective: 05/19/94) Bars a child who is habitually truant in public school in the prior six months from participating in any non public, h... More... WY Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 SF0083B Public Education Amendments 2 (Effective: 03/22/94) Expressly authorizes school districts to refuse admission to students suspended or expelled by other districts located... More... IL Died 04/1994 P-12 H.B. 2806 Teenage Parents and Unacceptable Attendance Provides for a $50 per month AFDC grant decrease for teenage parents who fail to maintain acceptable school attendance. (The Legislature and... More... IL Died 04/1994 P-12 H.B. 2528 Compulsory School Age Amends law authorizing denial of reenrollment to dropouts who, because of age and lack of credits, could not graduate with normal attendance... More... NE Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 LB 1250 Student Discipline Act Relates to schools and school districts; provides for services relating to truancy; names the Student Discipline Act; authorizes additional ... More... TN Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 H.B. 1876/S.B. 2227 Holding Parents Accountable for Student Attendance Authorizes judge to assess fine of up to $50.00 on parent or legal guardian of K-6 children if child is absent more than five days during ea... More... VA Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 H.B. 348 - Defines "person of school age" Revises the definition of "person of school age" to include students for whom English is a second language who enter school for the first ti... More... WI Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 Dropouts, Habitual Truants A.B. 280 (Effective: 05/04/94) This law allows a county, city, village or town to enact an ordinance prohibiting any pupil who is 16 or 17 years of a... More... CO Died 03/1994 P-12 H.B. 1072 Schools for Suspended or Expelled Students This bill lets a district or group of districts create special schools for suspended and expelled students. Districts could apply for exempt... More... CO Signed into law 01/1994 P-12 S.B. 94-72 School Attendance School Attendance (Effective: 04/19/94) The bill bars a child who is habitually truant in public school in the prior six months from participating in any non ... More... 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