HB290 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Thad McClammy
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: School attendance, prior notice of prosecution for nonattendance requirement deleted, distribution and verification of receipt of school and state attendance policy required, Sec. 16-28-16 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, cases of nonenrollment and nonattendance of students in the public K-12 schools are investigated by attendance officers at the request of the local superintendent of education.
This bill would delete the requirement of providing notice in any case where nonenrollment or nonattendance has been intentional and without valid reason.
This bill would also require the distribution and verification of receipt of the school attendance policy and applicable sections of the Alabama Compulsory School Attendance Law by each parent, guardian, or other person having control of a child enrolled in each school system.
Subjects: Education

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy