HCS HB 274 -- INCLEMENT WEATHER EXCEPTION TO MANDATORY DAYS OF
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

This bill amends an exception to the mandatory days of school
attendance that currently refers to exceptions allowed because
of flooding in specific past years to apply to inclement weather
in the 2000-2001 school year.  The section currently permits
districts to reduce the year by 11 days; the bill changes this
to up to 5 days when a district has missed more than 7 days
overall after November 20, 2000.  The reduction of days will be
on a one-for-one basis, from one day for 8 days missed up to 5
days for 12 or more days missed.  The requirement for scheduling
two-thirds of the missed days into the next year's calendar will
be waived for the 2001-2002 school year.  The bill permits
certain school districts that remained open when neighboring
districts closed to use their previous year's average daily
attendance count for those days.

The bill contains an emergency clause.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 26, 2001 at 11:43 am