HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 3951

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Lynn offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 7.  Subsection (2) of section 232.17, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         232.17  Enforcement of school attendance.--Pursuant to

20  procedures established by the district school board, a

21  designated school representative must complete activities

22  designed to determine the cause and attempt the remediation of

23  truant behavior, as provided in this section.

24         (2)  GIVE WRITTEN NOTICE.--Under the direction of the

25  superintendent, a designated school representative shall give

26  written notice, in person or by return-receipt mail, to the

27  parent, guardian, or other person having control when no valid

28  reason is found for a child's nonenrollment in school or when

29  the child has a minimum of 3 and prior to 10 but fewer than 6

30  unexcused absences within 90 school calendar days, requiring

31  enrollment or attendance within 3 days after the date of

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 3951

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 1  notice. If the notice and requirement are ignored, the

 2  designated school representative shall report the case to the

 3  superintendent, and may refer the case to the case staffing

 4  committee, established pursuant to s. 39.426, if the

 5  conditions of s. 232.19(3) have been met.  The superintendent

 6  may take such steps as are necessary to bring criminal

 7  prosecution against the parent, guardian, or other person

 8  having control.

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12  And the title is amended as follows:

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16         amending s. 232.17, F.S.; revising language

17         with respect to enforcement of school

18         attendance; providing for an additional number

19         of unexcused absences;

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