SB581 SFAT RUCKER #1 3-5

Hager  7871

Senator Rucker moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. For Senate Bill 581--A Bill to amend and reenact §18-8-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to expanding the definition of excused absence; including up to five college visits in the definition of excused absence; including a student participating in a 4-H or FFA-sponsored activity or program in the definition of excused absence; providing that the student be credited as present in the same manner as a student participating in an educational field trip; providing that the student not be counted as absent; requiring a 4-H or FFA agent to provide documentation of a student’s participation upon request of the principal or the principal’s designee; addressing makeup of missed schoolwork and the student’s class grades; and addressing 4-H or FFA program participation during any period of time the student has been suspended, expelled, or assigned to an alternative school or program.

Adopted

Rejected