Senate Education Committee green lights truancy bill 1

Rep. Jared Bauman, R-Louisville, testifies Tuesday on truancy-related House Bill 611 during a meeting of the Senate Education Committee.

 DAVID M.HARGIS PHOTOGRAPHER

In an effort to curb truancy and chronic absenteeism in Kentucky’s schools, legislators on the Senate Education Committee unanimously advanced House Bill 611 during a meeting on Tuesday.

The primary sponsors of the bill, Rep. Jared Bauman, R-Louisville, and Rep. Timmy Truett, R-McKee, testified that truancy is a huge problem now, and they had to act through legislation. They are both House Education Committee members.

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