Kentucky House Bill 460 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-21 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Amend KRS 620.070 to declare a petition of dependency, neglect, or abuse filed by a school district or school personnel based solely on a child's attendance to be an act to enforce compulsory attendance laws; require a school district or school personnel to comply with those laws before filing a petition; amend KRS 159.140 to require a director of pupil personnel to document home conditions of a student and intervention strategies when filing a dependency, neglect, or abuse petition; amend KRS 159.180 to require a school give notice to a parent before filing a dependency, neglect, or abuse petition based solely on a child's attendance or truancy.

AN ACT related to student attendance.

Rep. Jim DeCesare [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-21	House	to Health and Family Services (H)
2017-02-17	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB460.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB460/bill.pdf