To withhold welfare benefits from a household with children who are persistently truant from school. A truant child age 16 and above could be removed from the household.   Official Text and Analysis.

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

To require a child of any age who is persistently truant to be removed from a household on welfare.

To require the state welfare agency to "attempt to resolve" a truancy issue with a household on welfare, make exceptions if there is good cause for persistent truancy, and provide an appeal process.

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To strip out the provisions cutting off welfare to a household with a chronically truant child or children.

To suspend the bill's application during the last 21 days of a school year.

To repeal a 48 month cap on cash welfare payments. This cap does not apply to other forms of welfare, including food stamps, housing subsidies, heating subsidies, health care subsidies (Medicaid), etc.