Committee: Senate Education
MOTION:
TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 20, 2000
Moved by:
Senator Reedy
Second by:
Senator Olson
Action:
Prevailed by voice vote.
MOTION:
To introduce as a committee bill the following bill as requested by the Governor:
An Act to require orientation for school board members.
Moved by:
Senator Olson
Second by:
Senator Brosz
Action:
Prevailed by voice vote.
SB 59:
clarify certain provisions related to the filing of student birth certificates.
Presented by:
Senator Albers
H Wayne Williams, Alternative Instruction Association
MOTION:
AMEND SB 59
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Section 1. That
§
13-27-3.1
be amended to read as follows:
13-27-3.1.
Any person who is required pursuant to
§
13-27-1 to cause any child to attend any
public or nonpublic school or alternative instruction program pursuant to
§
13-27-3 in this state shall,
either at the time of enrollment in any school in this state or upon being excused from school
attendance pursuant to
§
13-27-3 or within thirty days of initial enrollment or excuse, provide the
public or nonpublic
school
or the alternative instruction program
with a certified copy of
such
the
child's birth certificate or affidavit in lieu of birth certificate as issued by the department of health
in such cases where the original birth certificate is deemed unattainable.
Any parent or guardian who
requests an excuse for his or her child pursuant to
§
13-27-3, shall with the initial request for excuse,
provide a certified copy of the child's birth certificate or an affidavit notarized or witnessed by two
or more witnesses, swearing or affirming that the child identified on the request for excuse is the
same person appearing on the child's certified birth certificate.
A violation of this section is a Class
2 misdemeanor.
Section 2. That
§
13-27-3.2
be amended to read as follows:
13-27-3.2.
Any copy of any certified birth certificate provided pursuant to
§
13-27-3.1 shall be
maintained by the
public or nonpublic
school
or alternative instruction program
and shall
become
be
a part of the child's permanent
cumulative
school record.
Section 3. That
§
13-27-3.3
be amended to read as follows:
13-27-3.3.
The superintendent of any public or nonpublic school
or any person who provides
alternative instruction
in this state
who maintains a child's permanent cumulative school record
shall
regularly
report to the
state's attorney
school board of the district
the name and address of any child
for whom the school
whose permanent cumulative record
does not have a copy of a certified birth
certificate in violation of
§
13-27-3.1
or 13-27-3.2. Upon receipt of the report of violation, the school
board shall notify by certified mail the parent or guardian of the child whose record is in violation
of
§
§
13-27-3.1 and 13-27-3.2. If the violation is not corrected within thirty days after the report, the
school board of the district shall notify the state's attorney
.
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Nancy Benson