Section 53G-6-203 - Truancy - Notice of truancy - Failure to cooperate with school authorities(1) Except as provided in Section 53G-6-204 or 53G-6-702, a school-age child who is enrolled in a public school shall attend the public school in which the school-age child is enrolled.(2) In accordance with Section 53G-8-211, a local school board, charter school governing board, or school district may impose administrative penalties on a school-age child who is: (a) in grade 7 or above, unless the school-age child is less than 12 years old; and(3) A local school board or charter school governing board: (a) may authorize a school administrator, a designee of a school administrator, a law enforcement officer acting as a school resource officer, or a truancy specialist to issue a notice of truancy in accordance with Subsection (4); and(b) shall establish a procedure for a school-age child, or the school-age child's parents, to contest a notice of truancy.(4) A notice of truancy described in Subsection (3): (a) may not be issued until a school-age child has been truant at least five times during the school year;(b) may not be issued to a school-age child who is less than 12 years old or in a grade below grade 7;(c) may not be issued to a school-age child exempt from school attendance as provided in Section 53G-6-204 or 53G-6-702;(d) shall direct the school-age child who receives the notice of truancy and the parent of the school-age child to: (i) meet with school authorities to discuss the school-age child's truancies; and(ii) cooperate with the local school board, charter school governing board, or school district in securing regular attendance by the school-age child; and(e) shall be mailed to, or served on, the school-age child's parent.(5)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b), nothing in this part prohibits a local school board, charter school governing board, or school district from taking action to resolve a truancy problem with a school-age child who has been truant fewer than five times, provided that the action does not conflict with the requirements of this part.(b) A local school board, charter school governing board, or school district may not take punitive action to resolve a truancy problem with a school-age child during the period described in Subsection (2).(6) Notwithstanding this section, during the period described in Subsection (2), a school administrator, designee of a school administrator, law enforcement officer acting as a school resource officer, or truancy specialist may not issue or otherwise enforce a notice of truancy.Amended by Chapter 161, 2023 General Session ,§ 5, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 359, 2021 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 3/17/2021.Amended by Chapter 20, 2020 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/12/2020.Amended by Chapter 293, 2019 General Session ,§ 72, eff. 5/14/2019.Renumbered from § 53A-11-101.7 and amended by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session ,§ 133, eff. 1/24/2018.Amended by Chapter 330, 2017 General Session ,§ 7, eff. 8/1/2017.Amended by Chapter 359, 2014 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/13/2014.Amended by Chapter 203, 2012 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/8/2012.Enacted by Chapter 81, 2007 General Session