Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB399: School Attendance Amendments
Status: Chaptered, March 24, 2026
This bill establishes chronic absenteeism data requirements and a study.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
School Attendance Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Andrew Stoddard Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill establishes chronic absenteeism data requirements and a study. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - establishes chronic absenteeism data requirements and a study. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: ENACTS: 53G-6-213 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1, Section 53G-6-213 is enacted to read: 53G-6-213. Chronic absenteeism study. (1) As used in this section, "Chronic absenteeism" means a student missing ten percent or more of school days in an academic year, regardless of whether the absences are excused or unexcused. (2) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, an LEA shall annually collect and report to the state board the following data regarding chronic absenteeism: (a) the total number of students enrolled in each school within the LEA; and (b) disaggregated by grade level, the total number and percentage of students in each school within the LEA who are chronically absent; and (c) for each chronically absent student: (i) the total number of days absent; and (ii) the number of days absent that were excused. (3) The state board shall: (a) develop a standardized reporting template for an LEA to use in submitting …
Sponsors
- Stoddard, Andrew (D, 40) · primary sponsor
- Karen Kwan (D, 12)
- Bennion, Gay (D)
- Fitisemanu, Jake (D, 30)
- Hollins, Sandra (D, 21)
- Matthews, Ashlee (D, 37)
- Miller, Tracy (R, 45)
- Miller, Grant Amjad (D, 24)
- Moss, Carol S. (D, 34)
- Nguyen, Hoang (D, 23)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : House/ to Governor
- : House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- : Senate/ to House
- : Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House
Votes
- Senate Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed (March 3, 2025): 2 yea, 2 nay, failed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 27, 2025): 51 yea, 17 nay, passed
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 21, 2025): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 21, 2025): 10 yea, 1 nay, passed
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation (February 21, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Juveniles, Student Assessment, State Board of Education, Judicial Operations, Education, K-12 Education, Public Education Data and Reporting, Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
Common questions
- What is HB399?
- HB399 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): School Attendance Amendments.
- What does HB399 do?
- This bill establishes chronic absenteeism data requirements and a study.
- What is the status of HB399?
- Chaptered as of March 24, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 24, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB399?
- Stoddard, Andrew (D, 40), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB399?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0399.html
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