This bill will require schools to report on a new category called "chronic absenteeism." It will put pressure on schools to reduce absences, but it makes no distinction between excused and unexcused absences.
This means that schools will have to pressure even families' whose kids have all excused absences to alter their personal family decisions about absences.
This is a BAD bill. For a full discussion of the dynamics surrounding it, see my previous post: Absenteeism: When Is It Actually a Problem?
Please adjust your plans to attend the hearing tomorrow at 2:00. If you can't attend, please call or send an email to the members of the House Education Committee. The list of members is here, and below.
Francis Gibson<fgibson@le.utah.gov>
V. Lowry
Snow<vlsnow@le.utah.gov>
Patrice
Arent<parent@le.utah.gov>
Rich
Cunningham<rcunningham@le.utah.gov>
Steve
Eliason<seliason@le.utah.gov>
Gregory
Hughes<greghughes@le.utah.gov>
Bradley G.
Last<blast@le.utah.gov>
David
Lifferth<dlifferth@le.utah.gov>
Daniel McCay<dmccay@le.utah.gov>
Carol
Spackman Moss<csmoss@le.utah.gov>
Jim
Nielson<jimnielson@le.utah.gov>
Val
Peterson<vpeterson@le.utah.gov>
Marie H. Poulson<mariepoulson@le.utah.gov>
Kraig
Powell<kraigpowell@le.utah.gov>
Dean
Sanpei<dsanpei@le.utah.gov>
Kevin
Stratton<kstratton@le.utah.gov>
Contact me if you would like further information: autumnfcook@gmail.com.
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