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§ 7-302.2. Active intervention systems for truant students

West's Annotated Code of MarylandEducationEffective: October 1, 2013

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Education (Refs & Annos)
Division II. Elementary and Secondary Education [Titles 2-9.5] (Refs & Annos)
Title 7. Public Schools (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. Attendance and Discipline of Students (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2013
MD Code, Education, § 7-302.2
§ 7-302.2. Active intervention systems for truant students
Currentness
Truant student defined
(a) In this section, “truant student” means a student:
(1) Who is unlawfully absent from school for more than:
(i) 8 days in any quarter;
(ii) 15 days in any semester; or
(iii) 20 days in a school year; and
(2) Whose absences for purposes of item (1) of this subsection are unlawful absences as defined by regulation.
Active intervention
(b) Each county board shall develop a system of active intervention for truant students.
Referral of truant students to active intervention system
(c)(1) Each truant student attending kindergarten through 12th grade shall immediately be referred to the county board's system of active intervention developed under this section.
(2) This section does not prohibit a county board from intervening in the case of a student who is frequently absent from school for both lawful and unlawful purposes, but is not a truant student.

Credits

Added by Acts 2013, c. 355, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013.
MD Code, Education, § 7-302.2, MD EDUC § 7-302.2
Current through legislation effective through April 25, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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