Amendment H-8197 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 adds a rule that allows a parent, guardian, or the student themselves to respond to an attendance notice within thirty days to address any issues with the child's attendance.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 4, line 3, after “absences.” by inserting “Within thirty days after the notice is sent, the child’s parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of the child, if the child is not an emancipated minor, or the child, if the child is an emancipated minor, may respond to the notice to address any of the child’s attendance issues.”