House of Representatives

HB 2640

OSHA; administrative remedies

Sponsors: Representatives Leff, Farnsworth: Gray, Somers, Tully

 

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Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

 

Caucus and COW

 

Third Read

 

 

As Passed the House

 

HB 2640 amends statute dealing with administrative remedies for the Arizona Industrial Commission relative to occupational safety and health.

 

A strike-everything amendment will be offered in the Commerce and Economic Development Committee.

 

Summary of the Proposed Strike-Everything Amendment

A proposed strike-everything amendment to HB2640 allows a child to be excessively absent from school without being adjudicated as an incorrigible child if the absences are excused by a parent or guardian.

 

History

Currently it is unlawful for any child between the ages of 6 and 16 to fail to attend school unless the child is excused under statutory guidelines, the child is accompanied by a parent or person authorized by a parent, or the child is home schooled.  In addition, a child who is habitually truant or who has excessive absences may be adjudicated as an incorrigible child. Absences may be considered excessive when the number of absent days exceeds 10% of the number of required attendance days prescribed by law. 

 

The strike-everything amendment to HB 2640 adds absences excused by a parent or guardian as an attendance exemption and removes the authority to adjudicate an excessively absent child as an incorrigible child.

 

Provisions

·          Expands school attendance exemptions to include a child who has absences excused by either the child’s parent or guardian.

·          Removes language allowing an excessively absent child to be adjudicated as an incorrigible child.

·          Eliminates the definition of excessive absences.

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·          45th Legislature                 

·          Second Regular Session      2          March 25, 2002

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