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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 | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
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.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Department of Education; guidelines on excused student absences; civic or political engagement. Requires, subject to guidelines established by the Department of Education, any middle school or high school student who is absent from school to engage in a civic or political event to be granted an excused absence.