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Legislative counsel outlines streamlined absenteeism changes in draft amendment to H.930
Summary
Committee reviewed Draft 2.1 of the H.930 amendment, which shortens the excused-absence language, adds model procedures and documentation templates, and expands the list of stakeholders the Agency of Education must consult in developing the model chronic-absenteeism policy.
Legislative counsel presented Draft 2.1 of the committee's amendment to H.930, walking members through targeted edits to attendance statutes intended to shorten and clarify when schools may excuse absences and how districts implement a model chronic-absenteeism policy. The counsel said changes between earlier drafts are highlighted in yellow and noted the draft reduces the length of subsection (a) governing excused absences to simplify districts' work.
The presentation said the revised language keeps the compulsory-attendance definitions intact but streamlines the list of circumstances when an absence may be…
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