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Requiring boards of directors of school districts, governing boards of charter schools, and authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools to adopt policies related to excusing student absences for 4-H club or future farmers of America activities
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 31, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 2, 2023
- 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 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 School boards, charter school boards, and nonpublic school leaders must create new rules regarding student absences. These rules would require schools to excuse students who miss class for 4-H or Future Farmers of America activities. Students participating in these programs would also be allowed to make up any schoolwork they missed while away.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires boards of directors of school districts, governing boards of charter schools, and authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools to adopt policies related to excusing student absences for 4-H club or future farmers of America activities. The bill requires the board of directors of each school district, the governing board of a charter school, and the authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school to adopt a policy that requires the school to grant a student an excused absence when the student is absent from school because of the student’s involvement in an activity or project sponsored by a 4-H club or the future farmers of America. The bill also requires that the policy allow a student who is absent from school because of the student’s involvement in an activity or project sponsored by a 4-H club or the future farmers of America to make up any classwork the student was not able to complete as a result of the absence.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 2, 2023. On February 9, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
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