Sec. 10-199. Attendance officers. Duties.
Sec. 10-199. Attendance officers. Duties. Any local or regional board of education may appoint one or more persons, who shall be authorized to prosecute for violations
of the laws relating to attendance of children and their employment. All warrants issued
upon such prosecutions shall be returnable before any court having jurisdiction. Each
attendance officer shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or her duties and
shall be under the direction of the principal or superintendent of schools of the board
of education by which he or she is employed. He shall investigate the absence of pupils
from or the irregular attendance of pupils at school, cause such pupils as are absent or
irregular in attendance to attend school regularly and present cases requiring prosecution
for violation of the school laws to prosecuting officers.
(1949 Rev., S. 1460; P.A. 78-218, S. 126.)
History: P.A. 78-218 deleted reference to supervising agents and to town boards of education, specified applicability
of section to local and regional boards and included feminine personal pronouns.
See Sec. 10-225 re salaries.
Cited. 193 C. 93.
Cited. 36 CS 357.