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Compulsory Education and Truancy in Louisiana: 2002

2002

2002 Act No. 59 1st Ex. Sess.

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:221(F) and to enact R.S. 17:221(I), relative to school attendance; to provide relative to eligibility, guidelines, and procedures permitting certain students to attend alternative education programs or vocational-technical programs; to provide relative to participation by certain students in adult education programs that are approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, including that such participation shall be considered as compliance by a parent, tutor, or other person responsible for the school attendance of such a student with specified compulsory school attendance requirements; to provide for effective dates; and to provide for related matters.

2002 ACT No. 24, 1st Ex. Sess.

AN ACT To amend and reenact Children’s Code Art. 791.1, relative to truancy and assessment and service centers; to authorize the creation of a truancy and assessment and service center in that judicial district encompassing the parishes of Lincoln, Union and Rapides; and to provide for related matters.