Amendment H-8196 to HF 2547
Relating to education, including by requiring school engagement meetings and attendance cooperation proceedings when children are absent from school, requiring school districts to restrict student use of cellular phones and smartphones, modifying provisions related to open enrollment of truant students, and modifying penalties
Failed · March 12, 2024Vote: 30 yeas, 65 nays
Filed March 12, 2024 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment requires schools to include their cell phone use policies in their student handbooks. It also adds several groups of students to the list of people who are excused from attendance, such as those with specific education plans or those participating in certain extracurricular contests and trips.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, line 9, by striking “section 299.2” and inserting “section 299.2 sections 299.1A and 299.2”
- Page 1, line 32, after “absent” by inserting “and shall include such policy or rule within the school district’s or accredited nonpublic school’s student handbooks”
- Page 2, after line 18 by inserting: “(5) Who has an individualized education program, or a plan under section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. §794, that contains conditions related to attendance. (6) Who is excused from attendance to participate in an athletic, music, dance, or speech extracurricular contest. (7) Who is excused from attendance to participate in a statewide thespian festival. (8) Who is excused from attendance to participate in a world language trip. (9) Who is excused from attendance pursuant to the terms of the policy or rules adopted by the board of directors of the public school district or the governing body of the accredited nonpublic school.”