Truancy Policy
February 03, 2008
Truancy JBE Truancy (See AEB, IDCE, JBD and JBE) JBE The building principal shall report students who are inexcusably ab-sent from school to the appropriate authority. Truancy is defined as any three consecutive unexcused absences, any five unexcused absences in a semester or seven unexcused absences in a school year, whichever comes first. School year means the period from July 1 to June 30. Students who are absent without excuse for a significant part of any school day shall be considered truant.
Prior to reporting to either S.R.S. (if the student is 13 or under) or the county or district attorney (if the student is over 13), a letter shall be sent to the student’s parent(s) or guardian notifying them that the student’s failure to attend school without a valid excuse shall result in the student being reported truant.
Waiver of Compulsory Attendance Requirements Students 16 or 17 years of age may be exempted from compulsory attendance regulations if the parent(s) or person acting as parent attend(s) the counseling session required by law and signs the appropriate consent and waiver form; if the student earns a GED; or if the student is exempted from compulsory attendance requirements pursuant to a court order.
Involvement of Law Enforcement Law enforcement officers may return truant children to the school where the child is enrolled, to the child’s parent or guardian or to another location designated by the board to address truancy issues.JBE Truancy (See JBD) JBE-2
Reporting to Parents If a truant child is returned to school by a law enforcement official, the principal shall verify that the parent or guardian has been contacted.Dual Enrollment Students (See IDCE) Students 16 or 17 who are enrolled in a board-approved dual enrollment program shall not be considered truant, for the hours during the school day they attend classes at a Regent’s university, community college, technical college, vocational educational school or Washburn University.
Approved: September 27, 2004 (From KASB Forms Book)
PARENT CONSENT AND WAIVER FOR CHILD 16 OR OLDER TO BE EXEMPTFROM COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS.
I, (Name of Parent(s) or Person Acting As Parent) , understand that pursuant to Kansas law, (Name of Student) is required to attend school until he/she receives a high school diploma or general educational development (GED) credential or reaches the age of 18, whichever occurs first. Pursuant to K.S.A. 72-1111, as amended, Unified School District No. ____ encourages ___(Name of Student) to remain in school or to pursue an education alternative.The academic skills listed below have not been achieved by ____(Name of Student)__:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Based on (Source of Information) the difference in future earning power be-tween a high school graduate and a high school drop out is ________________.Name of Student) is encouraged to attend one of the following alternative education programs:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I (we) the undersigned hereby give written consent to allow Name of Student ,who is [16] [17] years of age, to be exempt from the Kansas compulsory attendance requirement and state we have attended the final counseling session conducted by USD No. ___ in which the above in-formation was presented to us.____________________________________________________
Signature of Student Signature of Parent(s) or Person Acting as Parent_______________________________________________________________
Date _____________________________
