 |
|
|
District Attendance Policy
Board Policy 5113.1 - Truancy
Board Policy 5113 - Absences & Excuses
|
| | East Side Union High School District
Board Policy
BP 5113.1
Students
Truancy
To improve student attendance, the Superintendent or designee shall implement positive steps to identify the reasons for a student’s unexcused absences and to help resolve the problems caused by truancy. Such strategies shall focus on early intervention and may include, but not be limited to, communication with parents/guardians and the use of student study teams.
(cf. 5113 – Absences and Excuses)
(cf. 5147 – Dropout Prevention)
(cf. 5149 – At-Risk Students)
(cf. 6145.5 – Student Study Teams)
(cf. 6176 – Weekend/Saturday Classes)
In addition, the Superintendent or designee shall cooperate with other agencies within the community to meet the needs of students who have serious school attendance or behavior problems and to maintain a continuing inventory of community resources, including alternative programs.
(cf. 1020 – Youth Services)
(cf. 1400 – Relations Between Other Governmental Agencies and the Schools)
Habitually truant students may be referred to a school attendance review board, a truancy mediation program operated by the county’s district attorney or probation officer, and/or juvenile court in accordance with law.
For purposes of California’s welfare system (CalWORKS), a student shall be determined to be regularly attending school unless he/she has been referred to the county district attorney or probation office pursuant to Education Code 48263.
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE:
1740 Employment of personnel to supervise attendance (county superintendent)
37223 Weekend classes
41601 Reports of average daily attendance
46000 Records (attendance)
46010-46014 Absences
46110-46119 Attendance in kindergarten and elementary schools
46140-46147 Attendance in junior high and high schools
4820048208 Children ages 6-18 (compulsory full-time attendance)
48240-48246 Supervisors of attendance
48260-48273 Truants
48290-48296 Failure to comply; complaints against parents
48320-48324 School attendance review boards
48340-48341 Improvement of student attendance
49067 Unexcused absences as cause of failing grade
VEHICLE CODE
13202.7 Driving privileges; minors; suspension or delay for habitual truancy
WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE
601-601.4 Habitually truant minors
11253.5 Compulsory school attendance
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
306 Explanation of absence
420-421 Record of verification of absence due to illness and other causes
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS
66 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 245, 249 (1983)
Management Resources:
CDE MANAGEMENT ADVISORIES
0114.98 School Attendance and CalWORKS, Management Bulletin 98-01
CDE PUBLICATIONS
School Attendance Review Board Handbook, 1995
CSBA ADVISORIES
0520.97 Welfare Reform and Requirements for School Attendance
WEBSITES
CDE: http://www.cde.ca.gov
CSBA: http://www.csba.org
Policy EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
Adopted: March 11, 2004 | |
|
| | East Side Union High School District
Board Policy
BP 5113
Students
Absences and Excuses
The Governing Board believes that regular attendance plays an important role in student achievement. The Board recognizes its responsibility under the law to ensure that students attend school regularly. Parents/guardians of children aged 6 to 18 are obligated to send their children to school unless otherwise provided by law. The Board shall abide by all state attendance laws and may use appropriate legal means to correct the problems of excessive absence or truancy.
(cf. 5112.1 – Exemptions from Attendance)
(cf. 5112.2 – Exclusions from Attendance)
(cf. 5113.1 – Truancy)
Excused Absences
Absence from school shall be excused only for health reasons, family emergencies and justifiable personal reasons, as permitted by law, Board policy and administration regulations. (Education Codes 46010, 48216, 48205)
Inasmuch as class participation is an integral part of students’ learning experiences, parents/guardians and students in grades 7 through 12, informing them that school authorities may excuse any student from school to obtain confidential medical services without the consent of the student’s parent/guardian. (Education Code 46010.1)
(cf. 5145.6 – Parental Notifications)
Students shall not be absent from school without their parents/guardians’ knowledge or consent except in cases of medical emergency or confidential medical appointment.
Student absence for religious instruction or participation in religious exercises away from school property may be considered excused subject to law and administrative regulations. (Education Code 46014)
A student’s grades may be affected by excessive unexcused absences in accordance with Board policy.
(cf. 5121 – Grades/Evaluation of Student Achievement)
(cf. 6154 – Homework/Makeup Work)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE:
1740 Employment of personnel to supervise attendance (county superintendent)
2550-2558.6 Computation of revenue limits
37201 School month
37223 Weekend classes
41601 Reports of average daily attendance
42238-42250.1 Apportionments
46000 Records (attendance)
46010-46014 Absences | |
|
|
|
|
|
