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Modifying school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service
Sponsored by the House Education Committee
Proposed by the Department of Public Defense · their explanation · all agency proposals
Topics:K–12 educationVeterans & military
Same legislation: HSB 2
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 14, 2025
- Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, 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 Students of school age will no longer be required to attend school if they are joining the military or going through military processing. This change provides an extra way for children to be excused from regular attendance requirements.1
Read the official explanation
This bill modifies school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service. Current law requires the parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age to cause the child to attend public school or an accredited nonpublic school, or place the child under competent private instruction or independent private instruction, during a school year.24 (religious groups exempted from school standards). The bill adds additional exemptions for children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service.
House subcommittee
Named January 14, 2025 (as HSB 2). On January 22, 2025 it recommended passage.
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