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SB 587 Compulsory school attendance cases; prosecution by attorneys for the Commonwealth.

Introduced by: Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Attorneys for the Commonwealth; prosecution of compulsory school attendance cases.  Provides that if the attorney for the Commonwealth declines to prosecute violations of compulsory school attendance laws by a child alleged to be a child in need of services or a child in need of supervision the division superintendent's designee may pursue proceedings against the child.  Under current law the attorney for the Commonwealth is mandated to prosecute all such cases; this bill will make prosecution mandatory only for alleged violations by parents.   


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