Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight
CHAPTER 7
HB 150 – FINAL VERSION
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2005 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 150
This bill defines the concept of truancy.
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05-0079
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT defining truancy.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
7:1 New Section; Truant Officers. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 35 the following new section:
189:35-a Truancy Defined.
I. For the purposes of this subdivision, “truancy” means an unexcused absence from school or class and “unexcused absence” is an absence without parental or administrative permission.
II. Twenty half days of unexcused absence during a school year shall constitute habitual truancy.
III. A school district shall define the term “half day of absence.”
7:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
(Approved: May 3, 2005)
(Effective Date: July 1, 2005)