Tennessee HB1700 amends attendance laws, including tracking unexcused absences for transferring students and reporting to juvenile courts.
Tennessee HB1700 amends several sections of Tennessee Code Annotated to address student attendance. It requires schools to report unexcused absences to juvenile courts for students in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) who accumulate five or more unexcused absences in a school year. The judge may then impose a fine or community service on the student's parent or legal guardian. The bill also mandates that unexcused absences accumulated by a student transferring during the school year be included in the count for the receiving school.
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