1st Sub. S.B. 191
         ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

Senate Floor Amendments

Amendment 1 February 27, 2012 10:53 AM



Senator Jerry W. Stevenson proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 14 through 17 :    

             14          .    removes exclusive jurisdiction of certain truancy violations from the juvenile court;
  and      

             15          
{   .    requires a school board, charter board, or school district to issue a habitual truant

             16      citation to a habitual truant if reasonable efforts have been taken to resolve the
             17      school attendance problem and the efforts have not been successful; and  
}


2.    Page 4, Lines 99 through 104 :    

             99          (5) A habitual truant citation
{   [   } may      {   ]   }      {   shall   } be issued to a habitual truant if:

             100          (a) the local school board, local charter board, or school district has made reasonable
             101      efforts, under Section 53A-11-103 , to resolve the school attendance problems of the habitual
             102      truant; and
             103          (b) the efforts to resolve the school attendance problems, described in Subsection
             104      (5)(a), have not been successful.


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