Bill > SB1968

This bill, effective July 1, 2026, aims to strengthen truancy laws by requiring school districts, referred to as LEAs (Local Education Agencies), to report students who withdraw without transferring to another LEA and were receiving truancy interventions to juvenile court. It also clarifies that unexcused absences accumulated by a student at a previous school or LEA during the same school year will follow them to their new school or LEA, impacting their truancy status and the implementation of progressive truancy plans, which are tiered intervention strategies for addressing student absenteeism. Furthermore, the bill mandates that when a student transfers, their new LEA must request attendance records from their former LEA to accurately track unexcused absences and apply the appropriate truancy interventions, with former LEAs required to provide these records within five business days.