Legislation
- Title
- Education - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Attendance Policy
- Sponsored by
- Delegates Atterbeary, Angel, Barkley, Barve, Clippinger, Cullison, Davis, Dumais, Ebersole, Hayes, Healey, Hettleman, Hill, C. Howard, Kelly, Korman, Kramer, R. Lewis, Lierman, Lisanti, Luedtke, McCray, Moon, Morales, Patterson, Pena-Melnyk, Queen, Robinson, Sanchez, Turner, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Waldstreicher, A. Washington, M. Washington, Tarlau, Ali, and Wilkins
- Status
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 729
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Specifying that a student's absence from school due to the student's pregnancy or parenting needs is a lawful absence; requiring each county board of education to develop a written attendance policy for pregnant and parenting students that, at a minimum, excuses specified absences under specified circumstances and provides at least 10 days of excused absences after the birth of a parenting student's child; requiring each county board to publish its written attendance policy for pregnant and parenting students on the Board's Web site; etc.
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