On or before July 1, 2012, the State Board of Education shall define “excused absence” and “unexcused absence”, and on or before January 1, 2016, the State Board of Education shall define “disciplinary absence” for use by local and regional boards of education for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 10-198a, reporting truancy, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-220, and calculating the district chronic absenteeism rate and the school chronic absenteeism rate pursuant to section 10-198c.
(P.A. 11-136, S. 18; P.A. 15-255, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 11-136 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 15-225 added requirement that State Board of Education define “disciplinary absence”, added provision re calculating district and school chronic absenteeism rates and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2015.