1997 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 1385

File Code: Primary and Secondary Education
Sponsored By:
Delegate Rzepkowski
Entitled:
Education - Lawful and Excused Absences

Synopsis:

Requiring a principal to excuse the absence of a student from the day or days that a certain test is administered if, before the first day of examination, a parent or legal guardian of the student presents the principal or the principal's designee with a signed, written authorization for the student's absence; and establishing that an absence authorized by the Act is a lawful and excused absence.

Legislative History

House Action
2/21
First Reading Ways and Means
2/26
Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
3/19
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means
Senate Action
No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
EDUCATION -see also- PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SPECIAL ED.; HIGHER ED.
EXAMINATIONS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
Bill affects the following Statute:
Education
( 7-204 )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)