Senate Bill No. 109
(By Senator Blatnik)
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[Introduced January 26, 1994; referred to the Committee
on Education.]
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A BILL to amend article eight, chapter eighteen of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
four-a, relating to education; compulsory attendance; and
additional duties of attendance director and assistant
directors that focus on the elimination of nonattendance of
primary students.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article eight, chapter eighteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section four-
a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 8. COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
§18-8-4a. Additional duties of attendance director and assistant
directors that focus on the elimination of the nonattendance
of primary students.
In addition to the duties of the county attendance director
and the assistants set out in section four of this article, they
shall diligently promote regular school attendance of primary
students and engage in a program or study that focuses on the
causes of the increasing nonattendance of primary students and
the elimination of that nonattendance.
In connection with their duty to eliminate the nonattendance
of primary students, the county attendance director and assistant
directors shall prepare a report for submission by the county
superintendent to the state superintendent of schools on school
attendance by primary students, at such times and in such detail
as may be required; also, file with the county superintendent and
county board of education at the close of each month a report
showing activities of the school attendance office and the status
of eliminating nonattendance of primary students in the county at
the time. A year-end report shall also be filed with the
Legislature, no later than the thirty-first day of January of
each year.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require attendance
directors and assistant directors to focus on the elimination of
the nonattendance of primary students.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.