76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 1875
 
                         Senate Bill 246
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Education and General Government)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Requires children five or six years of age who are enrolled in
public school to maintain regular attendance at public school.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2011.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to school attendance; creating new provisions; amending
  ORS 339.010 and 339.020; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 339.010 is amended to read:
  339.010. Except as provided in ORS 339.030  { - , - }  { + :
  (1) + } All children between the ages of 7 and 18 years who
have not completed the 12th grade are required to attend
regularly a public full-time school   { - of the school district
in which the child resides - }  { +  during the entire school
term + }.
   { +  (2) All children five or six years of age who have been
enrolled in a public school are required to attend regularly a
public school during the entire school term. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 339.020 is amended to read:
  339.020. Except as provided in ORS 339.030  { - , - }  { + :
  (1) + } Every person having control of   { - any - }
 { + a + } child between the ages of 7 and 18 years who has not
completed the 12th grade is required to send   { - such - }
 { + the + } child to { + , + } and maintain   { - such - }
 { + the + } child in { + , + } regular attendance at a public
full-time school during the entire school term.
   { +  (2) Every person having control of a child five or six
years of age and having elected to enroll the child in a public
school is required to send the child to, and maintain the child
in, regular attendance at a public school during the entire
school term. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + The amendments to ORS 339.010 and 339.020 by
sections 1 and 2 of this 2011 Act first apply to the 2011-2012
school year. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
 
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect July 1,
2011. + }
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