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Died HOUSE · SESSION 2026

No. HB 1181

Enforcement of School Attendance
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Hart-Lowman
FILED BY
Dianne Hart-Lowman — District 63, Democrat [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Education Administration Subcommittee

Filed under Education.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Enforcement of School Attendance; Requires district school boards to implement mandatory alert system within specified systems or platforms to notify certain persons when student reaches truancy threshold for absences.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Mandates electronic alerts for truancy thresholds.

Districts must build an electronic alert system to notify parents and staff when a student hits the truancy threshold. This replaces manual tracking with automated digital notifications.

The bill renumbers the child study team referral provision from subsection (b) to subsection (c). This is a structural change to the statute's organization.

Cross-references in related attendance laws are updated to point to the new subsection (c) location. No substantive changes are made to the referral criteria or processes.

The new alert system must be implemented within the district's existing data management or educational platform. It triggers automatically upon reaching the defined absence limit.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Mandatory Electronic Alert System majors. 1003.26(1)(b)

AIDistricts must automatically notify administrators, child study teams, and parents when a student hits the truancy threshold.

“each district school board shall implement a mandatory electronic alert system within its data management system or educational platform to notify school administrators, the child” bill text, line 47 →
§ 2 Renumbering of Child Study Team Referral moderates. 1003.26(1)(c)

AIUpdates cross-references to point to the new subsection (c) for child study team referrals.

“refer the case to the child study team in paragraph (1)(c)” bill text, line 64 →
§ 3 Truancy Petition Threshold Cross-Reference moderates. 1003.02(1)(b)

AIUpdates the statutory citation for the unexcused absence thresholds that trigger a truancy petition.

“within a 90-calendar-day period pursuant to s. 1003.26(1)(c)” bill text, line 88 →
§ 4 Child Study Team Referral Policy Authority moderates. 984.151(1)

AIUpdates the citation for the statutory floor that districts may exceed when setting their own referral policies.

“fewer absences than the number required by s. 1003.26(1)(c)” bill text, line 121 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Education Administration Subcommittee
1/15/2026
Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
1/15/2026
Referred to Education & Employment Committee
1/15/2026
Referred to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee
1/15/2026
Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/7/2026
Filed
1 EARLIER →
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 1003.26
+55 / −1
s. 984.151
+2 / −2
s. 1003.02
+2 / −2
s. 1003.26
+0 / −0