Pupils attending a school district under the Open Enrollment Program who are habitually truant

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under the current full-time Open Enrollment Program (OEP), a pupil may apply to attend a public school in a school district other than the pupil's resident school district if certain conditions are met. Current law establishes criteria that the nonresident school district may use to determine whether to accept or reject a nonresident pupil. A school board may consider the availability of space in the school or program to which the nonresident pupil has applied, whether the pupil has been expelled from school during the current or two preceding school years for certain specified reasons, whether a disciplinary proceeding involving the pupil is pending, and whether the pupil's individualized education program needs have been evaluated by the resident school district or can be fulfilled in the nonresident school district.

This bill provides that if the nonresident school board determines that a pupil attending the school district under the OEP is habitually truant (absent from school without an acceptable excuse for part or all of five or more school days during any semester) during either semester in the current school year, the school board may prohibit the pupil from attending the school district under the OEP in the succeeding semester or school year.

Who's behind it

4 senators are its authors⁠. 3 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.

5 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.