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HB 315 2020
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the enforcement of school
3 attendance; amending s. 1003.26, F.S.; authorizing
4 district school boards and charter school governing
5 boards to allow a specified number of mental health
6 days as excused absences for students; providing an
7 effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Section 1003.26, Florida Statutes, is amended
12 to read:
13 1003.26 Enforcement of school attendance.—The Legislature
14 finds that poor academic performance is associated with
15 nonattendance and that school districts must take an active role
16 in promoting and enforcing attendance as a means of improving
17 student performance. It is the policy of the state that each
18 district school superintendent be responsible for enforcing
19 school attendance of all students subject to the compulsory
20 school age in the school district and supporting enforcement of
21 school attendance by local law enforcement agencies. The
22 responsibility includes recommending policies and procedures to
23 the district school board that require public schools to respond
24 in a timely manner to every unexcused absence, and every absence
25 for which the reason is unknown, of students enrolled in the
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76 The child study team may, but is not required to, implement
77 other interventions, including referral to other agencies for
78 family services or recommendation for filing a truancy petition
79 pursuant to s. 984.151.
80 (d) The child study team shall be diligent in facilitating
81 intervention services and shall report the case to the district
82 school superintendent only when all reasonable efforts to
83 resolve the nonattendance behavior are exhausted.
84 (e) If the parent refuses to participate in the remedial
85 strategies because he or she believes that those strategies are
86 unnecessary or inappropriate, the parent may appeal to the
87 district school board. The district school board may provide a
88 hearing officer, and the hearing officer shall make a
89 recommendation for final action to the district school board. If
90 the district school board's final determination is that the
91 strategies of the child study team are appropriate, and the
92 parent still refuses to participate or cooperate, the district
93 school superintendent may seek criminal prosecution for
94 noncompliance with compulsory school attendance.
95 (f)1. If the parent of a child who has been identified as
96 exhibiting a pattern of nonattendance enrolls the child in a
97 home education program pursuant to chapter 1002, the district
98 school superintendent shall provide the parent a copy of s.
99 1002.41 and the accountability requirements of this paragraph.
100 The district school superintendent shall also refer the parent
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