This bill establishes comprehensive student attendance monitoring, chronic absenteeism supports, and accountability requirements for local education agencies.
This bill:
- establishes comprehensive student attendance monitoring and accountability requirements;
- requires local education agencies to implement enhanced attendance tracking and intervention programs;
- mandates performance metrics for attendance notifications and enforcement actions;
- creates data quality standards for student participation reporting;
- expands personal care independence requirements; and
- makes technical changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53F-2-102, 53G-6-201, 53G-6-202, 53G-6-203, 53G-6-206, 53G-6-210, 53G-7-1205, 53G-7-1206, 53G-7-1304, 53G-7-1305
Amended 1/22/2026 11:01:258: 53F-2-102, 53G-6-201, 53G-6-202, 53G-6-203, 53G-6-206, 53G-6-210, 53G-7-1205, 53G-7-1206, 53G-7-1304, 53G-7-1305
Substitute #1: 53F-2-102, 53G-6-201, 53G-6-202, 53G-6-203, 53G-6-206, 53G-6-210, 53G-7-1205, 53G-7-1206, 53G-7-1304, 53G-7-1305, 53G-11-501
Substitute #3: 53F-2-102, 53G-6-201, 53G-6-202, 53G-6-203, 53G-6-206, 53G-6-210
Substitute #2: 53F-2-102, 53G-6-201, 53G-6-202, 53G-6-203, 53G-6-206, 53G-6-210, 53G-7-1205, 53G-7-1206, 53G-7-1304, 53G-7-1305
Substitute #4: 53F-2-102, 53G-6-201, 53G-6-202, 53G-6-203, 53G-6-206, 53G-6-210
Enrolled: 53F-2-102, 53G-6-201, 53G-6-202, 53G-6-203, 53G-6-206, 53G-6-210, 53G-7-203
Amended 3/5/2026 16:03:79: 53F-2-102, 53G-6-201, 53G-6-202, 53G-6-203, 53G-6-206, 53G-6-210, 53G-7-203
Substitute #5: 53F-2-102, 53G-6-201, 53G-6-202, 53G-6-203, 53G-6-206, 53G-6-210, 53G-7-203