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RSA 189:36 · Duties

Title
EDUCATION
Chapter
189 · SCHOOL BOARDS, SUPERINTENDENTS, TEACHERS, AND TRUANT OFFICERS; SCHOOL CENSUS
Status
current
Official source linked
Yes

Official source

189:36 Duties. –
I. Truant officers shall, when directed by the school board, enforce the laws and regulations relating to truants and children between the ages of 6 and 18 years not attending school or who are not participating in an alternative learning plan under RSA 193:1, I(h); and the laws relating to the attendance at school of children between the ages of 6 and 18 years; and shall have authority without a warrant to take and place in school any children found employed contrary to the laws relating to the employment of children, or violating the laws relating to the compulsory attendance at school of children under the age of 18 years, and the laws relating to child labor. No home school pupil nor any person between the ages of 6 and 18 who meets any of the requirements of RSA 193:1, I(c)-(h) shall be deemed a truant.
II. A truant officer or school official shall not file a petition alleging that the child is in need of services pursuant to RSA 169-D:2, II until all steps in the school district's intervention process under RSA 189:34, II have been followed.
Source. 1852, 1278. CS 78:2. GS 83:7. GL 91:7. 1881, 42:3. PS 92:17. 1899, 70:2. 1911, 162:16. 1921, 85, II:19. PL 117:32. RL 135:36. RSA 189:36. 1973, 72:29. 2007, 350:4. 2010, 9:3. 2011, 224:281, eff. Sept. 30, 2011.

Source note

Source. 1852, 1278. CS 78:2. GS 83:7. GL 91:7. 1881, 42:3. PS 92:17. 1899, 70:2. 1911, 162:16. 1921, 85, II:19. PL 117:32. RL 135:36. RSA 189:36. 1973, 72:29. 2007, 350:4. 2010, 9:3. 2011, 224:281, eff. Sept. 30, 2011.

Source history

  • 1852, 1278. CS 78:2. GS 83:7. GL 91:7
  • 1881, 42:3. PS 92:17
  • 1899, 70:2
  • 1911, 162:16
  • 1921, 85, II:19. PL 117:32. RL 135:36. RSA 189:36
  • 1973, 72:29
  • 2007, 350:4
  • 2010, 9:3
  • 2011, 224:281, eff. Sept. 30, 2011

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