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Relating to excused absences for public school district student mental health days
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 21, 2022
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Public school boards must allow high school students to miss up to three days of school each year for mental health reasons. Students just need to let their school know before classes start, and they do not have to provide a doctor's note.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires the board of directors of a public school district to excuse up to three days in a school year for a student in grade 9, 10, 11, or for mental health if the student notifies the student’s school of the absence prior to the start of regularly scheduled school hours for the day the absence is being taken. The board of directors of a public school district shall not require a doctor’s note or other evidence of the purpose of the absence.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 21, 2022. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part