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Senate committee flags changes to compulsory attendance and excused‑absence rules in H.931
Summary
Draft amendments to Vermont’s compulsory attendance statutes would expand the age scope and add 'per medical recommendation' language for mental or physical inability, and would shift excused‑absence policy into a model‑policy framework while capping pre‑approved family absences at 10 days per year.
The Senate Education Committee on April 24 reviewed proposed changes to Vermont’s compulsory attendance and excused‑absence statutes in Draft 3.1 of H.931, including substantive edits to the ages covered and how medical recommendations are treated.
Legislative counsel told the committee the bill replaces older language with "parent or guardian" and adds a qualification that, for reasons of mental or physical inability, a per‑medical‑recommendation finding may excuse a child from compulsory attendance. Counsel…
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