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2012 SESSION

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HB 886 Truancy; Board of Education shall promulgate regulations to address.

Introduced by: Kenneth C. Alexander | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Chronic school absenteeism and truancy.  Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations by July 1, 2013, to address truancy. In promulgating these regulations, the Board shall address the following: (i) provisions for early intervention at the school level for repeated unexcused absences; (ii) identification of and a plan to address a student's academic, social, familial, and other barriers that impede attendance in school; and (iii) arrangement of conferences that may be necessary among school personnel, students, parents, and community services providers, as appropriate, to address plans and strategies to improve student attendance, including but not limited to referrals to family assessment and planning teams.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100446D  pdf
• 02/08/12  House: Committee substitute printed 12105209D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/02/12  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB886ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/11/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100446D
• 01/11/12  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/18/12  House: Assigned Education sub: Students and Early Education
• 02/02/12  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N)
• 02/08/12  House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/12  House: Committee substitute printed 12105209D-H1
• 02/09/12  House: Read first time
• 02/10/12  House: Read second time
• 02/10/12  House: Committee substitute agreed to 12105209D-H1
• 02/10/12  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB886H1
• 02/13/12  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/12  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/14/12  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/23/12  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/12  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/24/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/12  Senate: Read third time
• 02/27/12  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/02/12  House: Enrolled
• 03/02/12  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB886ER)
• 03/02/12  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/05/12  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/09/12  Governor: Vetoed by Governor
• 04/17/12  House: Placed on Calendar
• 04/18/12  House: House sustained Governor's veto