No. SB 1190
Filed under Education.
Enforcement of School Attendance; Requiring district school boards to implement a mandatory alert system within specified systems or platforms to notify certain persons when a student reaches the truancy threshold for absences, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDDistricts must build automated systems to alert parents and staff when a student hits the truancy absence limit.
This replaces manual tracking with a required digital notification process for all public schools in the state.
The change ensures immediate intervention triggers occur without waiting for a designated representative to manually report cases.
It standardizes the initial response to chronic absenteeism across all Florida school districts.
AICreates a new duty for every district school board to implement an electronic alert system that automatically notifies administrators, the child study team, and parents when a student hits the truancy threshold.
AIMoves the child study team referral requirement from paragraph (1)(b) to paragraph (1)(c), updating all cross-references in the truancy statutes to point to the new location.
AIUpdates the cross-reference in the early truancy intervention statute to point to the renumbered child study team paragraph, ensuring the petition trigger aligns with the new statutory structure.
AIUpdates the cross-reference in the district board policy authorization to point to the renumbered child study team paragraph, allowing boards to set lower referral thresholds.