Bill Text: OR HB3197 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating to school attendance; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-16 - Chapter 387, (2011 Laws): Effective date July 1, 2011. [HB3197 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3197-Amended.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

HA to HB 3197

LC 1928/HB 3197-1

                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 3197

                    By COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                             April 5

  Delete lines 4 through 15 of the printed bill and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + (1) Each district school board
shall adopt an attendance notification policy that satisfies the
requirements of this section.
  ' (2) An attendance notification policy must:
  ' (a) Be implemented by each school in the school district; and
  ' (b) Require that each school ensure that a parent or other
person in parental relationship to a child is notified by the end
of the school day on any day that the child has an unplanned
absence.
  ' (3)(a) Notification required by subsection (2)(b) of this
section must be provided:
  ' (A) In person;
  ' (B) Directly by telephone; or
  ' (C) By any other method identified in writing by the parent
or person in parental relationship to the child.
  ' (b) If a parent or other person in parental relationship to a
child cannot be contacted in person or directly by telephone and
another method has not been identified by the parent or person, a
message shall be left for the parent or person, if possible.
  ' (4) Notice of the child's absence shall be provided to the
attendance supervisor, who shall proceed as provided in ORS
339.055, if:
  ' (a) Notification is not provided in person or directly by
telephone; and
  ' (b) The parent or other person in parental relationship to
the child has not confirmed within the timeline established by
the attendance notification policy that the parent or person has
received notification.'. + }
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