ATTENDANCE ( continued ) 5113 Chronic Absenteeism
The Board of Education , in compliance with statute , requires the establishment of attendance review teams when chronic absenteeism rates in the District or at individual schools in the District meet the following circumstances :
1 . A team for the District must be established when the District chronic absenteeism rate is 10 percent or higher .
2 . A team for the school must be established when the school chronic absenteeism rate is 15 percent or higher .
3 . A team for either the District or each school must be established when ( a ) more than one school in the District has a school chronic absenteeism rate of 15 percent or higher or ( b ) a District has a District chronic absenteeism rate of 10 percent or higher and one or more schools in the District have a school chronic absenteeism rate of 15 percent or higher .
Each attendance review team shall be responsible for reviewing the cases of truants and chronically absent children , discussing school interventions , and community referrals for such truants and chronically absent children and making any additional recommendations for such truants and chronically absent children and their parents or guardians . Each established attendance review team shall meet at least monthly .
The District shall utilize the chronic absenteeism prevention and intervention plan developed by the State Department of Education . Such plan must include the means for collecting and analyzing data relating to student attendance , truancy , and chronic absenteeism . The data must be disaggregated by school district , school grades , and subgroups such as race , ethnicity , gender , eligibility for free and reduced priced lunches , students whose primary language is not English , and student with disabilities .
The District shall annually include in information for the strategic school profile report for each school and the District that is submitted to the Commissioner of Education , data pertaining to truancy and chronically absent children .
The Principal or his / her designee of any elementary or middle school located in a town / city designated as an alliance district may refer to the children ’ s truancy clinic established by the Probate Court serving the town / city , a parent / guardian with a child defined as a truant or who is at risk of becoming a truant . ( An attendance officer or a police officer shall deliver the citation and summons and a copy of the referral to the parent / guardian ).
Dismissal
No school , grade , or class may be dismissed before the regularly scheduled dismissal time without the approval of the Superintendent or his / her designee .
No teacher may permit any individual student to leave school prior to the regular hour of dismissal without the permission of the Principal .
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