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Session of 2000
          House Concurrent Resolution No. 5061           By Committee on Appropriations           2-2          

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10             A  CONCURRENT RESOLUTION requesting local boards of education
11             to review truancy policies and procedures to establish a more uniform
12             statewide policy regarding truancy.
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14             WHEREAS,  The Legislature of the state of Kansas has recognized and
15       addressed the issue of truancy in the past; and
16             WHEREAS,  The Legislature of the state of Kansas and the state social
17       service agencies have recognized that truancy is an early sign of behavioral
18       and other dysfunctional problems; and
19             WHEREAS,  The Legislature of the state of Kansas believes that local
20       school boards within each school district should review each board's tru-
21       ancy policy and procedures in collaboration with representatives from
22       child protective services of the department of Social and Rehabilitation
23       Services, the courts and the district or county attorney within the school
24       district regarding the problem of truancy thereby benefiting both the
25       schools and truant students by creating a more uniform enforcement of
26       the state's truancy laws: Now, therefore,
27             Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas,
28       the Senate concurring therein: That the local boards of education review
29       their truancy policy and procedures in collaboration with representatives
30       from child protective services of the department of Social and Rehabili-
31       tation Services, courts and each board's district or county attorney re-
32       garding the handling of truant students; and
33             Be it further resolved: That after assessing each board's policy re-
34       garding the handling of truant students, the local boards of education
35       within each school district in conjunction with the department of Social
36       and Rehabilitation Services, courts and district or county attorney within
37       that school district is directed to develop and establish a more uniform
38       policy for handling truant students throughout the state of Kansas; and
39             Be it further resolved: That each local board implement the uniform
40       policy in its district; and
41             Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send
42       an enrolled copy of this resolution to each school district and the Gov-
43       ernor of the state of Kansas.

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