Bill > A5780

Introduced Session

This bill provides statutory authority for a school district, in developing, adopting, and implementing its policies and procedures regarding attendance of students at school, to define an excused absence from school to include an absence for an illness of the student based on the mental or behavioral health of the student. The bill requires the Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, to develop guidelines on defining an excused absence from school for a student's illness based on the mental or behavioral health of the student. The guidelines will include the supporting documentation that may be required by the school district upon the student's return to school after an absence for an illness based on the mental or behavioral health of the student for the absence to be considered an excused absence.

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Ronald Dancer (R)*,  Carol Murphy (D)*,  Shanique Speight (D)*,  Robert Karabinchak (D),  Britnee Timberlake (D),  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D),  Anthony Verrelli (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee (on 11/07/2019)

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