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2021 SESSION
SB 1439 Students; guidelines on excused student absences, civic engagement.
Introduced by: Jennifer L. McClellan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Department of Education; guidelines on excused student absences; civic engagement. Requires, subject to guidelines established by the Department of Education, each local school board to permit at least one school day-long excused absence per school year for any middle school or high school student in the local school division who is absent from school to engage in a civic event. The bill allows local school boards to require that a student provide advance notice of the intended absence and documentation of participation in a civic event to be granted an excused absence.
FULL TEXT
- 01/15/21 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 21102439D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21104293D-S1 (McClellan) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments not adopted
HISTORY
- 01/15/21 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 21102439D
- 01/15/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/20/21 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/28/21 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
- 01/29/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21104293D-S1 (McClellan)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Committee amendment rejected
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator McCLellan agreed to 21104293D-S1
- 02/02/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1439S1
- 02/03/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 14-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Education by voice vote