MI HB6020

Expands school board reporting requirements to include suspensions, truancy, chronic absenteeism, and disciplinary absences, with breakdowns by student race, gender, and ethnicity.

Requires school crime incident reports posted on school websites to include all incidents of physical violence, gang activity, drug possession, trespassing, and property crimes with estimated costs.

Prohibits suspending or expelling students solely for being truant or chronically absent.

Defines new terms including "chronically absent" (10% or more absences in a school year), "truant" (10 or more unexcused absences), "disciplinary absent," and "excused absence" with specific qualifying reasons.

Requires schools to provide assistance for non-English-speaking parents submitting absence documentation and mandates medical documentation for illness-related absences lasting 5 or more consecutive days.