Utah Code Title 53G. Public Education System--Local Administration § 53G-6-203. Truancy--Notice of truancy--Failure to cooperate with school authorities

(a) in grade 7 or above, unless the school-age child is less than 12 years old; and

(b) truant.

(a) may authorize a school administrator, a designee of a school administrator, a law enforcement officer acting as a school resource officer, or a truancy specialist to issue a notice of truancy in accordance with Subsection (4); and

(b) shall establish a procedure for a school-age child, or the school-age child's parents, to contest a notice of truancy.

(a) may not be issued until a school-age child has been truant at least five times during the school year;

(b) may not be issued to a school-age child who is less than 12 years old or in a grade below grade 7;

(c) may not be issued to a school-age child exempt from school attendance as provided in Section 53G-6-204 or 53G-6-702;

(d) shall direct the school-age child who receives the notice of truancy and the parent of the school-age child to:

(e) shall be mailed to, or served on, the school-age child's parent.

(5)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b), nothing in this part prohibits a local school board, charter school governing board, or school district from taking action to resolve a truancy problem with a school-age child who has been truant fewer than five times, provided that the action does not conflict with the requirements of this part.

(b) A local school board, charter school governing board, or school district may not take punitive action to resolve a truancy problem with a school-age child during the period described in Subsection (2).