MS SB2559

Amends Mississippi's compulsory school attendance law to establish that parents failing to make school-age children available for registration within five days of receiving written notice of noncompliance are guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $250.

Changes the enrollment deadline requirement from within eighteen calendar days after the first day of school to on or before September 15 of each school year.

Requires school attendance officers to provide written notice to parents before prosecution can be brought for enrollment or attendance violations.

Applies the new misdemeanor penalty specifically to parents who fail to register children within five days of notice, while maintaining existing penalties under Section 97-5-39 for other compulsory attendance violations.

Effective July 1, 2019.