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House funds truancy service centers with ongoing Uniform School Fund appropriation
Summary
The House substituted and approved House Bill 106 to provide $100,000 ongoing from the Uniform School Fund for truancy service centers, citing successful pilot projects; the measure passed unanimously and will go to the Senate.
The House adopted a first substitute to House Bill 106 on Feb. 27 that inserts an ongoing $100,000 appropriation from the Uniform School Fund to expand truancy service centers.
Representative Jeff Alexander, sponsor, said the appropriation formalizes a pilot program that helped districts begin truancy service centers and that early results were promising. He said the purpose is to seed local initiatives that school districts can later sustain with their own funds as savings and attendance improvements become evident.
After a brief floor explanation and no substantive opposition on the floor, the House adopted the substitute and approved the bill by recorded roll call, 65 yes to 0 no. The bill will be transmitted to the Senate for their consideration.
