HB 1017

SUBCOMMITTEE

1. After line 150, introduced

insert

2. That the Board of Education shall amend 8VAC20-110-130 of the Virginia Administrative Code in accordance with the provisions of the first enactment of this act to provide that no student who, for any continuous period of time not exceeding 30 school days in length, is excused from attendance at school for medical reasons as verified in writing by the student's health care provider shall be dropped from the roll and marked withdrawn.

3. That the Board of Education shall adopt regulations to provide that no excused absence granted pursuant to the provisions of the first enactment of this act shall be counted toward the student's total absences for purposes of calculating chronic absenteeism or any other attendance-based indicator used in the state accountability system for public schools, including the School Performance and Support Framework.