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SB 319 IN

Chronic absenteeism.

IN · session 2025 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 13, 2025

Latest action (Jan 13, 2025) First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

Summary

Requires the department of education (department) to: (1) study and make recommendations concerning the categorization of student absences; (2) create a list of best practices to reduce student discipline related to student absenteeism and the number of chronically absent students; (3) develop guidelines and requirements for certain intervention strategies and school attendance improvement plans; (4) submit a report concerning attendance to the legislative council; and (5) develop attendance improvement targets for certain schools. Requires a school to implement an early warning system and assemble a school based team to monitor the system. Provides the duties and obligations of a school attendance coordinator and a child study team. Requires the governing authority of a school to adopt an attendance policy and develop an attendance improvement plan aligned with department guidelines and requirements. Requires a school to collect and document certain information concerning absences.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (2)

  1. Jan 13, 2025 Authored by Senator Yoder · upper
  2. Jan 13, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development · upper
Subjects
AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of EducationEDUCATION; Local School BoardsGENERAL ASSEMBLY; Legislative CouncilSCHOOLS; DisciplineSCHOOLS; GenerallySCHOOLS; Pupils (Other than Disciplinary Matters)

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