Delaware House Bill 24 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: Passed on May 28 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-28 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Bill implements recommendations from the Truancy Task Force by changing provisions of the Delaware Code regarding compulsory attendance and when a truancy case must be brought to the Truancy Court. Specifically, school attendance requirements shall apply to enrolled students through grade 12 and the school shall refer a case for prosecution after the 20th day of unexcused absence by a student. The amendments will provide for earlier intervention by the Court as well as providing a mechanism to address the needs of truant students past grade 5.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Attendance Requirements.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]
Rep. Joseph Miro [R]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Darryl Scott [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]

2013-04-16 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2013-03-14 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-28	House	Signed by Governor
2013-04-16	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2013-03-27	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2013-03-15	Senate	Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
2013-03-14	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 36 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 5 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2013-03-13	House	Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 5 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2013-01-24	House	Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/76a19d134a48dac785257af4005fa618?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+24/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/74bf97c2779be35c85257b2e00742e53?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/dc6082814e07951485257b4f0076b3dd?OpenDocument