New Indiana Senate Bill #282 – Chronic Absenteeism

New Senate Bill #282 – Absenteeism and school attendance.

Requires attendance officers of school corporations/charter schools to to establish a truancy prevention policy regarding certain students in kindergarten through grade 6. Provides that a prosecuting attorney shall notify each parent of a child when an affidavit is filed regarding the child's compulsory attendance violations or if the child is a habitual truant.

The actual bill can be reviewed at  https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/senate/282/details