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2004 SESSION
HB 1326 Compulsory school attendance; enforcement.
Introduced by: Bradley P. Marrs | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Compulsory school attendance enforcement; parental responsibility; use of contempt power, summons; penalty. Strengthens the mechanisms for enforcement of the compulsory school attendance law. The bill removes the restriction on the court's use of contempt power in enforcing compulsory school attendance and parental responsibility provisions. The court's authority to order the child or the parent, or both, into programs, such as extended day programs and summer school or other educational programs and treatment, such as counseling, is clarified and reinforced. The court is given the authority to summon and force a parent to appear in court with the child. The parental responsibility and involvement statute is amended to include compliance with compulsory school attendance. The parent may be charged with a Class 3 misdemeanor for violating the provisions of the parental responsibility law.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/04 House: Presented & ordered printed 048375388 pdf | impact statement
- 03/19/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1326ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/20/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0573) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/21/04 House: Presented & ordered printed 048375388
- 01/21/04 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/27/04 House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 2
- 02/04/04 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/04 House: Read first time
- 02/06/04 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/09/04 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/10/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/26/04 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/04 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/04 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/04 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/04 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/19/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1326ER)
- 03/19/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/20/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/21/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/12/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 573 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/20/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0573)