20-5-104. Attendance officer. In order to enforce the compulsory attendance provisions of this title, each district shall have at least one person serving as an attendance officer according to the following requirements:
(1) districts of the first class and districts of the second class with a dropout rate higher than the statewide average dropout rate as calculated by the office of public instruction shall appoint one or more of the district's staff as attendance officers;
(2) districts of the second class with a dropout rate at or below the statewide average dropout rate as calculated by the office of public instruction and districts of the third class may appoint one or more of the district's staff as attendance officers; or
(3) the county superintendent must be the attendance officer in second-class or third-class districts that do not appoint an attendance officer.
History: En. 75-6305 by Sec. 118, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6305; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 281, L. 2013.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
20-5-101. Admittance of child to school
20-5-102. Compulsory enrollment and excuses
20-5-103. Compulsory attendance and excuses
20-5-105. Attendance officer -- powers and duties
20-5-107. Incapacitated and indigent child attendance
20-5-108. Tribal agreement with district for Indian child compulsory attendance and other agreements
20-5-109. Nonpublic school requirements for compulsory enrollment exemption
20-5-111. Responsibilities and rights of parent who provides home school