1. The
Principal shall inform the parent or other person having control of
any enrolled student, ages five to eighteen, of the obligations of
school attendance as cited under C.G.S. 10-184.
2. Annually
at the beginning of the school year and upon enrollment of a child
during the school year, the Principal shall request from the parent
or other person having control of a student, a telephone number or
other means of communication during the school day. This may also
serve as a means to determine whether a child is still residing within
the district.
3. In
accord with Board policy, each school shall maintain a system of monitoring
individual absences for each student, to determine which are considered
excused and which are considered unexcused. Whenever an enrolled student
in a school fails to report to school on a regularly scheduled school
day, school personnel or volunteers, under the direction of the Principal
of his/her designee, shall make a reasonable effort to notify, by
telephone, such parent or such other person of the student's absence.
This procedure is to be utilized in the absence of a call from the
parent/guardian on the day of each absence.
a.
Schools shall notify parent/guardians of the requirement/expectation
that a call be placed to the school giving the reason for the student's
absence.
b. In grades K-8, the above procedure is to be followed by a written
note from the student's parent/guardian to the homeroom teacher
indicating the reason for the student's absence.
c. In all grades, in the absence of a call or written note, the
school shall contact the parent/guardian to ascertain the reason
for the student's absence. A written log of such contacts shall
be maintained.
d. The above procedure shall be utilized to establish truancy if
it is determined that the student is still residing in the district
but not attending school. Procedures outlined in the district's
truancy policy (#5113.2) shall be followed if it is determined that
the student is to be classified as truant.
4. Whenever
a student transfers to another school district, the student's records
will be transferred to the new district no later than ten (10) days
after the receipt of such notification. Upon the receipt of such a
transfer of records request, the student shall be disenrolled from
the previously attended school.
5. Parental
notification and request for a transfer of records to a new school
district shall also be cause to immediately remove the student from
the enrollment list.
6. A
student of eighteen years of age or older may voluntarily drop out
of school and should be removed from the school's enrollment.
7. Students
under 18 are subject to mandatory attendance laws unless their parent
or other person having control of the child consents, in writing,
to their withdrawal from school after receiving the required information
on educational options available in the school and the community.
Such action shall be reason to remove the student from the school's
enrollment list.
8. The
above procedures for "tracking" attendance shall be utilized
to determine reasons for the absence, possible truancy, drop out status
and continued residency in the town/city. The following additional
procedures shall also be utilized:
a.
After five days of no attendance at the beginning of the school
year, the person designated by the Principal to determine reasons
for absence and the status of residency in the District shall place
a call to the home. The parent/guardian and the student will also
be notified by mail.
b. After two weeks of continued non-attendance, the designated party
to determine reasons for the absence and the status of residency
in the District shall place another call. Another letter shall follow
this call from the District.
c. After a period not to exceed three weeks (fifteen absences) from
the first day of the new school year and the above referenced communication
attempts, a registered letter, "return receipt requested"
shall be sent to the last known address of the student. The letter
shall provide notice of the removal or disenrollment of the student
from the official enrollment list of the district/school if the
student is over 18 years of age or it has been determined that the
student is no longer residing within the town/city.
d. If the process in part c reveals non-attendance by a student
under the age of 18 years who resides within the town, the matter
shall be referred immediately to the Office of Attendance Truancy.
Legal
Reference: Connecticut General Statutes
10-15
Towns to maintain schools
10-15c Discrimination in public schools prohibited. School
attendance by five year olds, as amended by PA 97-247
10-76a - 10-76g re special education
10-184 Duties of parents (re mandatory schooling for children ages
five to sixteen, inclusive) - as amended by PA 98-243, and PA 00-157
10-186 Duties of local and regional boards of education re school
attendance. Hearings. Amended by PA 96-26. An Act Concerning Graduation
Requirements and Placement of Older Students
Appeals to state board. Establishment of hearing board
10-198a Policies and procedures concerning truants, as amended by
PA 00-157
10-199 through 10-202 Attendance, truancy - in general
10-221 (b) Board of education to prescribe rules
10-223a - 10-223f Inclusive; re: suspend, expel, removal of pupils
10-233c Suspension of pupils
10-233d Expulsion of pupils
10-261 Definitions
State Board of Education Regulations
10-76a-1 General definitions (c), (d), (q), (t)
10-76d-7 Admission of student requiring special education (referral)
10-204a Required immunizations (as amended by PA 98-243)
