Schools; departure of certain students; reporting; requiring State Department of Education to creating a reporting portal; dropout reports; excluding certain students; effective date; emergency.

Header information updated from 'Engrossed House Bill' to 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' with new committee amendment markings and document metadata.

Page numbering and document references changed from 'Eng. H. B. No. 1408' to 'Req. No. 12356' to reflect the committee substitute version.

Minor formatting adjustments to section headers and spacing throughout the document to conform to committee substitute standards.

Changed from requiring parents to file a Notice of Intent to allowing public school administrators the option to report student departures.

Requires the State Department of Education to create a reporting portal on its website for administrators to report student departures.

Removed the requirement for parents to file notices within 10 days of beginning private school or homeschool instruction.

Removed the requirement for the State Department of Education to provide a standard Notice of Intent form to schools and parents.

Modified the school dropout definition to exclude students whose departures have been reported under the new Section 1 of the act.

Bill version title changed from 'PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE' to 'COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE' to reflect its current legislative status after committee review.

Tracking number updated from 12356 to 12979 to reflect the new committee substitute designation.

Date stamp changed from 02/04/25 to 02/26/25, indicating when the committee amendment was finalized.