SB1031
Public elementary and secondary schools; compulsory attendance requirements, religious exemption.
Summary
As Introduced. Public elementary and secondary schools; compulsory attendance requirements; religious exemption; requirements.
Amends the provisions permitting any child and his parents to receive an exemption from school attendance by reason of bona fide religious training or belief, as defined in relevant law, to require the parent of any such child, in order to receive such exemption, to provide (i) evidence of the ... (More) parent's ability to provide an adequate education for his child; (ii) notice to the division superintendent by August 15 of each year, or as soon as practicable in the event that such child and his parents move into the school division or seek to receive an exemption after the start of the school year, of such child and his parents' intention to receive such an exemption and certification that the child will receive an alternative form of instruction, including a description of the curriculum to be studied in the coming year; and (iii) evidence of the child's progress in accordance with the provisions of the bill. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101165D
- 01/07/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/16/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25106253D-S1
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
