HB 1610 Summary

• Transfers employment responsibility for school attendance officers from the State Department of Education to local school districts effective July 1, 2025, with state funding provided for one officer per 3,000 compulsory-school-age children in each county.

• Establishes a minimum salary of $30,000 for newly hired school attendance officers, with local districts authorized to pay additional compensation on a schedule established by their school boards.

• Requires school attendance officers employed by the state on June 30, 2025, to be transferred to their respective local school districts at their current 2025 fiscal year salary plus an additional 25%, with no interruption of retirement system or health insurance coverage.

• Abolishes the three regional school attendance officer supervisor positions and creates an executive director position within the Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement and Dropout Prevention to provide oversight and technical assistance to local districts.

• Requires school districts to report any unexcused absence to the school attendance officer within 24 hours and permits school attendance officers to serve charter schools located within their district.