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Committee adjusts chronic-absenteeism language in Senate Bill 482 and advances the bill unanimously
Summary
Senators amended Senate Bill 482 to correct an absenteeism threshold and clarify which grade levels may be excluded from expulsion solely due to chronic absenteeism; the committee passed the amended bill 13–0.
Senator Stacy Donato offered two amendments to Senate Bill 482 during the Senate Education and Career Development Committee hearing that corrected a numeric threshold and refined which students could not be expelled solely for chronic absenteeism.
Amendment 1 corrected an earlier drafting error to define chronic absenteeism as five days in a 10‑week period, which aligns with a 10% definition for the new…
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