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Title 53A - State System of Public Education
Chapter 11 - Students in Public Schools
Part 1 - Compulsory Education Requirements
Section 101.7 - Truancy -- Notice of truancy -- Failure to cooperate with school authorities.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 53A-11-101.7 (2017)
Effective 8/1/2017
53A-11-101.7. Truancy -- Notice of truancy -- Failure to cooperate with school authorities.
Amended by Chapter 330, 2017 General Session
53A-11-101.7. Truancy -- Notice of truancy -- Failure to cooperate with school authorities.
- (1) Except as provided in Section 53A-11-102 or 53A-11-102.5, a school-age minor who is enrolled in a public school shall attend the public school in which the school-age minor is enrolled.
- (2) A local school board, charter school governing board, or school district may impose administrative penalties on a school-age minor in accordance with Section 53A-11-911 who is truant.
- (3) A local school board or charter school governing board:
- (a) may authorize a school administrator, a designee of a school administrator, a law enforcement officer acting as a school resource officer, or a truancy specialist to issue notices of truancy to school-age minors who are at least 12 years old; and
- (b) shall establish a procedure for a school-age minor, or the school-age minor's parents, to contest a notice of truancy.
- (4) The notice of truancy described in Subsection (3):
- (a) may not be issued until the school-age minor has been truant at least five times during the school year;
- (b) may not be issued to a school-age minor who is less than 12 years old;
- (c) may not be issued to a minor exempt from school attendance as provided in Section 53A-11-102 or 53A-11-102.5;
- (d) shall direct the school-age minor and the parent of the school-age minor to:
- (i) meet with school authorities to discuss the school-age minor's truancies; and
- (ii) cooperate with the school board, local charter board, or school district in securing regular attendance by the school-age minor; and
- (e) shall be mailed to, or served on, the school-age minor's parent.
- (5) Nothing in this part prohibits a local school board, charter school governing board, or school district from taking action to resolve a truancy problem with a school-age minor who has been truant less than five times, provided that the action does not conflict with the requirements of this part.
Amended by Chapter 330, 2017 General Session
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