Bill Text: NJ A3449 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides excused absence for student who participates in State Agricultural Convention to receive recognition award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-07 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A3449 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A3449-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Provides excused absence for student who participates in State Agricultural Convention to receive recognition award.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning an excused absence for certain pupils and supplementing chapter 36 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a pupil of a public school who is absent from school to participate in the State Agricultural Convention to receive a recognition award or other award shall have the absence for that purpose recorded as an excused absence on the pupil's attendance record or on that of any group or class of which he is a member. Any transcript, application, employment form, or similar form on which information concerning a pupil's attendance record is requested shall show, with respect to absences, only absences other than excused absences authorized pursuant to this subsection.
b. The parent or guardian of the pupil shall provide such documentation as the superintendent or administrative principal of the school district deems necessary to prove that the pupil meets the requirements for the excused absence under subsection a. of this section.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that a student enrolled in a public school who is absent from school to participate in the State Agricultural Convention, in order to receive a recognition award or other award, will have the absence recorded by the school district as an excused absence on the student's attendance record or on that of any group or class of which the student is a member. Any transcript, application, employment form, or similar form on which information concerning a student's attendance record is requested will show only absences other than excused absences authorized under the bill. The student's parent or guardian will provide such documentation as the superintendent or administrative principal of the district deems necessary to prove that the student meets the requirements for an excused absence.
