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Committee advances attendance reporting changes after testimony on students "falling through the cracks"
Summary
House File 1053 (as amended) would add reporting and notification requirements to address the so-called 15‑day drop (students unenrolled after 15 consecutive unexcused absences). The committee adopted the author's DE amendment and an A4 amendment to add an attendance indicator to individual MCA reports.
The committee took up House File 10 53 on April 1 to discuss attendance, chronic absenteeism and a statutory process commonly referred to as the "15‑day drop"—the administrative unenrollment that occurs when a student misses 15 consecutive school days. The authors’ DE amendment and a subsequent A4 amendment were adopted by the committee.
What the bill and amendments do: The DE language submitted by the author would require school districts, after a 15‑day unexcused absence, to notify the county welfare agency and follow certain reporting steps; the A4 amendment requires that attendance…
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