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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 421
BY REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL JACKSON
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:221(B), relative to school attendance by certain students; to2
provide relative to the authority of a city, parish, or other local public school board3
to deny admission or readmission to school of certain students; to provide4
limitations; to delete provisions relative to a pilot program regarding school5
attendance; to provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 17:221(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 8
ยง221. School attendance; compulsory ages; duty of parents; excessive absences;9
consent to withdraw; condition for driving privileges10
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B. The state Department of Education and the Board of Elementary and12
Secondary Education shall establish a pilot program in three parish or city school13
systems selected by them for the purpose of reducing the number of children14
exhibiting habits of poor school attendance. No city, parish, or other local public15
school board shall deny admission or readmission to school of any student of suitable16
age who resides within the geographic boundaries of the school system unless such17
student is legally excluded from attending school.18
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not20
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature21
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If22 ENROLLEDHB NO. 421
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vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become1
effective on the day following such approval.2
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: