Any local or regional board of education may appoint one or more persons, who shall be authorized to prosecute for violations of the laws relating to attendance of children and their employment. All warrants issued upon such prosecutions shall be returnable before any court having jurisdiction. Each attendance officer shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or her duties and shall be under the direction of the principal or superintendent of schools of the board of education by which he or she is employed. He shall investigate the absence of pupils from or the irregular attendance of pupils at school, cause such pupils as are absent or irregular in attendance to attend school regularly and present cases requiring prosecution for violation of the school laws to prosecuting officers.
(1949 Rev., S. 1460; P.A. 78-218, S. 126.)
History: P.A. 78-218 deleted reference to supervising agents and to town boards of education, specified applicability of section to local and regional boards and included feminine personal pronouns.
See Sec. 10-225 re salaries.
Cited. 193 C. 93.
Cited. 36 CS 357.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children
Section 10-184. - Duties of parents. School attendance age requirements.
Section 10-184b. - Waiver provisions not applicable to equivalent instruction authority of parents.
Section 10-187. - Appeal from finding of hearing board.
Section 10-188. - Private schools and instruction.
Section 10-193. - Certificate of age for minors in certain occupations.
Section 10-195. - Evidence of age.
Section 10-197. - Penalty for employment of child under fourteen.
Section 10-198. - False statement as to age.
Section 10-198a. - Policies and procedures concerning truants.
Section 10-198c. - Attendance review teams.
Section 10-198d. - Chronic absenteeism prevention and intervention plan.
Section 10-198e. - Truancy intervention models.
Section 10-198f. - Mental health wellness days.
Section 10-199. - Attendance officers. Duties.
Section 10-200. - Habitual truants.
Section 10-201. - Fees for arresting truants.
Section 10-202. - Warrant and hearing.