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Compulsory Education and Truancy in Louisiana: 2009

2009

2009 ACT No. 224

AN ACT To amend and reenact Section 2 of Act No. 300, Section 2 of Act No. 516, Section 3 of Act No. 594, Section 3 of Act No. 645, Section 3 of Act No. 667, Section 3 of Act No. 688, and Section 2 of Act No. 757, all of the 2008 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, relative to motor vehicles; to provide relative to driving; to provide relative to traffic violations; to provide relative to penalties; and to provide for related matters

2009 ACT No. 297

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:238 and to enact Part III of Chapter 7 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 17:1915, relative to the placement in school and education of certain children; to require the governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school to enact a policy ensuring that children in foster care may remain enrolled in certain schools; to require that such governing authorities and the Department of Social Services provide transportation to and from school for certain children in foster care under certain circumstances; to provide for the authorization of the state to join and ratify the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.

2009 Act No. 305

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 14:92.2 (A) (2) (c) and R.S. 17:221(A) (1) and (2) and Children's Code Article 728(4) and to enact R.S. 14:92.2(B) (4) and R.S. 17:233(B) (1) (d) (iii) and (iv), all relative to the habitual absence and tardiness of students from school; to provide relative to the crime of improper supervision of a minor as it relates to habitually absent or tardy students; to provide penalties and minimum conditions of probation for certain violations by parents or legal custodians of such students including fines, school or community service, attendance in parenting classes and family counseling programs, and the suspension of certain licenses; to provide relative to multiple offenses committed by parents or legal guardians; to provide relative to definitions; and to provide for related matters