PRINTER'S NO. 2976
No. 2245 Session of 1988
INTRODUCED BY COLAFELLA, E. Z. TAYLOR, BELARDI, RYBAK, MORRIS,
PISTELLA, S. H. SMITH, FISCHER, CIVERA, J. TAYLOR, ACOSTA AND
WOZNIAK, MARCH 16, 1988
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 16, 1988
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," further regulating excused absences
6 from school.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1354 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended January 14, 1970 (1969 P.L.468, No.192), is amended to
12 read:
13 Section 1354. Report of Children not Enrolling, or
14 Withdrawing, or Being Illegally Absent.--It shall be the duty of
15 every principal or teacher of a public school to report
16 immediately to the attendance officer, district superintendent,
17 or secretary of the board of school directors, the names of all
18 children in the list furnished to him who have not appeared for
19 enrollment, and he shall also properly report, from time to
1 time, to the attendance officer, district superintendent, or
2 secretary of the board of school directors, the names of all
3 children who having enrolled have subsequently withdrawn from
4 school, or who have been absent three (3) days, or their
5 equivalent, without lawful excuse. Such person shall thereupon
6 serve upon the parent, guardian, or other person in parental
7 relation to such children unlawfully absent from school, the
8 written notice hereinbefore provided, and if it shall appear
9 that, within three (3) days thereafter, any child, parent,
10 guardian, or other person in parental relation shall have failed
11 to comply with the provisions of this act, the superintendent,
12 attendance officer, or secretary of the board of school
13 directors, in the name of the school district, shall proceed
14 against the person so offending, in accordance with the
15 provisions of this act. If a child has been absent from school
16 for a total of twenty (20) days during the term, no absence
17 thereafter shall be an excused absence unless a statement from a
18 physician is submitted justifying the absence for health
19 reasons.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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