ATTENDANCE
- Advisory Boards to Review School Attendance; School Attendance Councils; Absence and Truancy
- 392.126 - Creation of advisory board in each county; membership; terms; compensation.
- 392.127 - Administrative support to advisory boards and school attendance councils.
- 392.128 - Duties of advisory boards; division into subcommittees; provision of assistance in conjunction with community service providers; use and accounting of available money by advisory board.
- 392.129 - Establishment of school attendance councils; membership; duties; annual report.
- 392.130 - Conditions under which pupil deemed truant; approval required for absence; notice of unapproved absence to parent; applicability.
- 392.140 - Conditions under which pupil declared habitual truant; applicability.
- 392.141 - Applicability of provisions to pupils.
- 392.144 - Duties of school if pupil is truant; reporting of habitual truant to law enforcement or referral to advisory board.
- 392.146 - Contents of written referral to advisory board; notice to parents or guardian.
- 392.147 - Hearing by advisory board; written agreement for participation of pupil in certain programs; reporting of pupil to law enforcement agency under certain circumstances; confidentiality of info
- 392.149 - Issuance of citation to habitual truant; applicability.
- 392.150 - Appointment of attendance officer authorized; procedures to monitor attendance and truancy; consideration of employment of attendance clerk.
- 392.160 - Taking into custody child reported absent from school; persons or counseling agency to whom child may be delivered.
- Birth Certificates and Records of Attendance; Name for Enrollment
- Compulsory and Excused Attendance; Retention
- 392.040 - Attendance required for child between 7 and 18 years of age; minimum age required for kindergarten and first grade; waiver from attendance available for child 6 years of age; developmental s
- 392.050 - Attendance excused for physical or medical condition; excused child with disability qualifies for free appropriate public education.
- 392.060 - Attendance excused upon completion of 12 grades of elementary and high school.
- 392.070 - Attendance excused for children in private school or homeschool; participation of private school children and homeschooled children in classes and extracurricular activities.
- 392.075 - Attendance excused if permission granted to take tests of general educational development.
- 392.080 - Attendance excused for distant residence from nearest school.
- 392.090 - Juvenile court may permit child who has completed eighth grade to leave school.
- 392.100 - Attendance excused if child 14 years of age or older must support himself or herself or child’s parent.
- 392.110 - Attendance excused for child between 14 and 18 years of age who has completed eighth grade to enter employment or apprenticeship; written permit required.
- 392.118 - Accounting of attendance and tardiness on report cards of pupils.
- 392.122 - Minimum attendance requirements; school district authorized to exempt medical absences from requirements; notice and opportunity for parent to review absences before credit or promotion is d
- 392.125 - Retention of pupil in same grade: Requirements; limitation; exception for charter schools.
- Enforcement and Penalties
- 392.170 - Investigation of charges against parent, guardian or custodian of child; written report.
- 392.180 - Criminal complaint by board of trustees of school district or governing body of charter school.
- 392.190 - Criminal complaint by attendance officer.
- 392.200 - Criminal complaint by taxpayer, school administrator or school officer.
- 392.210 - Penalty for failure of parent, guardian or custodian of child to prevent subsequent truancy; limitation for providers of foster care. [Effective through December 31, 2010.]
- 392.215 - False statement concerning age or attendance; false birth certificate or record of attendance; refusal to furnish documents; penalty.
- 392.220 - Penalty for abetting truancy; unlawful employment of child absent from school; visitation of place of employment by school officer or attendance clerk to verify compliance.