ATTENDANCE - TRUANCY ( continued ) 5113.2
8 . When a petition is filed , an educational evaluation of the truant student shall be done by appropriate school personnel if no such evaluation has been performed within the preceding year .
9 . Provide coordination of services and refer “ truants ” to community agencies which provide child and family services .
10 . If in existence , refer the child to the children ’ s probate court truancy clinic .
The Board shall implement a truancy intervention model identified by the Connecticut State Department of Education ( SDE ) for any school within the District that has a disproportionately high rate of truancy , as identified by the Commissioner of Education . The intervention models must also address the needs of students with disabilities . Parents or other persons having control of each child shall be notified of such truancy model .
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 District team must be established when the District ’ s chronic absenteeism rate is 10 percent or higher . 2 . A school team 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 .
The membership of attendance review teams may consist of school administrators , guidance counselors , school counselors , school social workers , teachers , chronically absent children , parents or guardians of chronically absent children , and representatives from community-based programs who address issues related to student attendance by providing programs and services to truants .
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 attendance review team shall meet at least monthly .
In the calculation of the District ’ s chronic absenteeism rate and the school chronic absenteeism rate , a student ’ s engagement , in grades 9-12 , in remote virtual learning shall be excluded if such engagement accounts for not less than one-half of the school day . In addition , the calculation of chronic absenteeism rates shall exclude absence resulting from a student taking a mental health day pursuant to P . A . 21-46 .
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