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Committee debate on attendance reforms highlights tradeoffs; action left unsettled after late‑session quorum issues
Summary
Representative Welton presented substitute 2 to HB 502 proposing a USBE 'citizenship' framework (attendance/participation metrics), optional test‑out credit, limited teacher discretion to weight attendance up to 10% (LEAs up to 20%), and a welfare‑check protocol for prolonged unexplained absences. Committee members raised concerns about LEA authority and grading impacts; procedural confusion about quorum left final action unsettled.
Representative Welton presented HB 502 (substitute 2), a multi‑part package on attendance that would: direct USBE to create a citizenship framework addressing attendance, engagement and participation; allow students with demonstrated competency to test out of classes; permit teachers to weigh attendance up to…
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