Delaware House Bill 24 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-05 - Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill requires a conference with the parent or guardian of a student who has been absent without excuse for 5 days from school. A needs assessment will be performed to determine what supports or services will help the student and family improve school attendance. Moving the intervention forward to the fifth unexcused absence rather than the 10th may help to improve outcomes for Delawares students and help prevent students from disengaging from the school community and dropping out of school.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Attendance.

Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]
Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-05		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25353
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25353&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB24