Compulsory School Attendance; revise and require social workers.

HB 1512 would have required Mississippi school districts to employ licensed social workers to assist school attendance officers in enforcing compulsory school attendance laws. It amended state law to mandate that the Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement provide social workers and mental health professionals to support attendance officers, directly affecting school districts, attendance officers, and students. The bill also required homeschooling parents to submit academic files to the state, though this provision was truncated in the provided text. The bill died in committee in 2026 and was never enacted.