Bill > HB1823

This bill aims to strengthen truancy laws by requiring school districts, referred to as LEAs (Local Education Agencies), to report students who withdraw and are not enrolled elsewhere to juvenile court, especially if they were receiving interventions for truancy. It also clarifies that unexcused absences accumulated by a student at a previous school will follow them to a new school within the same school year, impacting their truancy status and the implementation of progressive truancy plans, which are tiered interventions designed to address attendance issues. Furthermore, the bill removes a previous requirement for five hours of unexcused absence to trigger certain actions, and mandates that schools maintain attendance records for the entire school year for transferring students and share them with new schools upon request to ensure accurate tracking of absences and consistent application of truancy policies.