Attendance officer -- powers and duties
The attendance officer of a district:
(1) must be vested with police powers, the authority to serve warrants, and the authority to enter places of employment of children in order to enforce the compulsory attendance provisions of this title;
(2) shall take into custody any child subject to compulsory attendance who is not excused under the provisions of this title and conduct the child to the school in which the child is or should be enrolled;
(3) shall do whatever else is required to investigate and enforce the compulsory attendance provisions of this title and the pupil attendance policies of the trustees;
(4) shall institute proceedings against any parent, guardian, or other person violating the compulsory attendance provisions of this title;
(5) shall keep a record of transactions for the inspection and information of the trustees and make reports in the manner and to whomever the trustees designate; and
(6) shall perform any other duties prescribed by the trustees to preserve the morals and secure good conduct of the pupils of the district.
(1) must must, subject be to district policy, be vested with police powers, the authority to serve warrants, and the authority to enter places of employment of children in order to enforce the compulsory attendance provisions of this title;
(2) shall may, take subject into to district policy, take into custody any child subject to compulsory attendance who is not excused under the provisions of this title and conduct the child to the school in which the child is or should be enrolled;
(3) shall may, subject do to district policy, do whatever else is required to investigate and enforce the compulsory attendance provisions of this title and the pupil attendance policies of the trustees;
(4) shall may, subject to district policy, institute proceedings against any parent, guardian, or other person violating the compulsory attendance provisions of this title;
(5) shall may, subject to district policy, keep a record of transactions for the inspection and information of the trustees and shall make reports in the manner and to whomever the trustees designate; and
(6) shall may, subject perform to district policy, perform any other duties prescribed by the trustees to preserve the morals and secure good conduct of the pupils of the district.
Attendance officer -- – powers and duties
The attendance officer of a district:
| EnactedEn. 75-6306 by SectionSec. 119, ChapterCh. 5, Laws ofL. 1971 |
| Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 75-6306 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 295, ChapterCh. 56, Laws ofL. 2009 (HB 37 - Campbell, Margarett (D) HD 31) |