Truancy
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Washington State law, commonly referred to as the Becca Bill, requires children from age 8 to 18 to attend a public school, private school, or to receive home-based instruction. The law established a venue for school districts to compel youth to attend school by requiring school districts to file petitions with the juvenile court. The Legislature passed House Bill 2449, which became effective June 9, 2016 and House Bill 1170, which became effective on July 23, 2017 that reformed the Becca Bill. House Bill 2449 and House Bill 1170 directs school districts to focus on engaging youth and families in order to discover the underlying causes of truant behavior and to work collaboratively with them to develop internal motivation to graduate from school with a partnership with the community and juvenile courts.
Resources
Legal Forms
- Change of School District (DOC)
- Community Engagement Board Agreement and Documents (DOC)
- Community Engagement Board Return of Case (DOC)
- Coversheet (DOC)
- Directions to Denney
- Finding and Order on Truancy Petition (DOC)
- Motion and Declaration to Serve by Mail (DOC)
- Motion and Order to Dismiss Truancy Proceeding (DOC)
- Motion and Order to Lift Stay and Set Hearing (DOC)
- Motion to Assume Jurisdiction and Order (DOC)
- Motion to Set Show Cause (DOC)
- Note to Strike Calendar (DOC)
- Order Allowing Service by Mail (DOC)
- Order Continuing Hearing (DOC)
- Order on Contempt (DOC)
- Order to Set Fees-Fines
- Order to Set Show Cause Hearing (DOC)
- Order to Stay Proceedings and Referral (DOC)
- Return of Service
- Truancy Action Request Form
- Truancy Petition (DOC)
- Truancy Petition Fillable (PDF)
- Truancy Progress Report
- Youth Enrichment Services Referral [pdf]