Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary Under present law, if a student transfers from one school to another school in the same LEA, or from one LEA to another LEA, then a copy of the student's records, including the student's academic, disciplinary, behavioral, and special education records, must be provided to the school or LEA to which the student transfers within five business days of the date on which the student's records request was received by the school or LEA. This bill adds that a student's attendance records must be provided in the same manner as other required records upon the student's transfer. Present law requires local boards of education to adopt a progressive truancy plan that implements three tiers of intervention for students who violate compulsory attendance requirements prior to the filing of a truancy petition or a criminal prosecution for educational neglect. If a student withdraws from an LEA in which the student was receiving tier two or tier three interventions pursuant to the LEA's progressive truancy plan, and the student does not transfer to another LEA, then this bill requires the director of schools to report the student's absences to the judge with juvenile jurisdiction in the county in which the student resides. This bill removes the five-hour limit on the amount of community service that a judge may order for the parent or guardian of a student who is adjudicated to be unruly because the student has accumulated five days or more of unexcused absences during any school year. The maximum fine remains $50.00. Under this bill, if a student transfers during the school year, then the number of unexcused absences accumulated in the school year by the student at the school or LEA from which the student is transferring must be included in the number of unexcused absences for the stud
