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Requiring boards of directors of school districts and the authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools to adopt policies related to excusing the absences of students enrolled in grades nine through twelve for civic or political events
Topics:K–12 education
Same legislation: HF 2286
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 31, 2024
- 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 and private school leaders must create rules that allow students to miss school for civic or political activities. Students can get at least one excused absence each year for things like voting, working at a polling place, or attending a town hall meeting. To use this, students must tell their school ahead of time and show what they learned from the event.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires boards of directors of school districts and the authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools to adopt policies related to excusing the absences of students enrolled in grades through for civic or political events. The bill requires the board of directors of each public school district and the authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school to adopt a policy that requires the school district or accredited nonpublic school to grant a student who is enrolled in grades through at least one excused absence each school year when the student is absent from school because of the student’s participation in a civic or political event. The bill establishes that such policy is to include a requirement that the student give notice of the student’s intent to participate in the civic or political event in advance and a requirement that the student demonstrate what the student learned during the student’s participation in the civic or political event. The bill defines “civic or political event” to include voting in an election, serving as a poll worker, participating in a strike, participating in a public comment period before any public body, attending a speech by a candidate for a public office, attending a political forum, attending a civic forum, or attending a town hall meeting.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 31, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.
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