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IN HB1415
Bill
Status
1/22/2013
Primary Sponsor
Suzanne Crouch
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AI Summary
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TANF assistance recipients or dependent children with more than 10 unexcused absences during a school year become ineligible for benefits until they complete a semester with 10 or fewer unexcused absences
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Parents or essential persons receiving TANF on behalf of a dependent child must provide the child's school name and consent to release of attendance records as a condition of eligibility
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The Division of Family Resources must provide schools with names of TANF recipients and require schools to notify the division of excessive absences, withdrawals, graduations, or expulsions
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Parents or essential persons receiving TANF for a dependent child under age 18 must sign an agreement to attend an annual teacher conference; failure to attend makes the dependent child ineligible for TANF assistance until the following school year
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Replaces the previous 3 unexcused absence threshold with a 10 absence threshold and requires the director, in consultation with the Department of Education, to define "unexcused absence" through administrative rules
Legislative Description
Ineligibility for TANF assistance for truancy.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
1/22/2013