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1999 SESSION

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HB 2697 Truancy ordinances.

Introduced by: Kathy J. Byron | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:

Truancy ordinances. Authorizes law-enforcement officers and attendance officers who pick up a child for truancy, after reasonably determining that the child is a public school student, to deliver the child to the appropriate public school or a truancy center. “Truancy center” means a facility or site operated by a school division, sometimes jointly with the local law-enforcement agency, and designated for receiving public school children who have been retrieved by a law-enforcement officer or attendance officer for truancy from public school. Currently, the Code only contemplates the delivery of these students to the appropriate school. Immunity from civil liability is also provided for acts or omissions relating to the pick-up and delivery of truant public school children. This bill also provides that a minor in violation of local curfew ordinances may now be proceeded against as a child in need of supervision.

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Truancy ordinances. Provides that law-enforcement officers may pick up children who have been expelled from school and required to attend an alternative education program and deliver the child to such program. This bill also provides that minors in violation of local curfew ordinances may now be proceeded against as a child in need of supervision.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Truancy ordinances. Provides that violation of certain loitering or curfew ordinances by a minor shall be a class 4 misdemeanor.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Truancy ordinances. Authorizes localities to require by ordinance any minor student who has been suspended, expelled, or otherwise excluded from public school attendance for disciplinary reasons, and who is not enrolled in an alternative education program, to remain at home, at a child-care facility, or with a child-care provider who has been approved by the student’s parent, during regular school hours. A student in violation of the ordinance may be proceeded against as a child in need of services. Immunity from civil liability is also provided for acts or omissions relating to enforcement of the ordinance. There are technical amendments.