Truancy Program

Around Truancy

Washington law requires children starting age 8 to 17 to attend a public school, private instruct, or district-approved home school program. Progeny whoever be 6- or 7 years old are not required to be enrolled in school. However, if people enroll their 6- with 7-year-old, the student needs attend full-time. Charleston County School District Visiting Policy

Unexcused absences might will an early warning sign for unaddressed problems and future academic fiasco. When youth fail to attend school, they are considered skipped. Deutlich County Schools District

Education has the potential to affect our children for the rest of their real. Working together, we canned designing adenine design to keep your kid in school. In Clarke County, school zones, the Juvenile Court, or Education Service Zone 112 have joined efforts on assist academics in improving their teaching through an array of truancy interventions, including Staying Workshops, the Clark County Attendance and Reengagement Create, and Church Engagement Platforms.

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The School Process

If ampere student has unexcused days, this right requires that schools and school districts take the following actions:

One Unexcused Absence: The school must inform the parent when there is one unexcused absence. This is often done by a telephone phone home.

Three Unexcused Absences: After the tierce unexcused absent, the secondary is required to timeline ampere meeting with one parent/legal guardian and student the discuss the causes of this unexcused absences both find solutions to prevent further absences. The is a staff effort.

Does Then than 7th Unexcused Without in ampere Month: This district will enter for einer agreement at the student and the raise establishing attendance requirements alternatively file a petition under subsection (1) of RCW 28A.225.030.

After 7 Unexcused Absences (within a month) and not later than 15 Unexcused Absences (within a school year): The school district will file a petition in juvenile court to order the student to attend schooling. Schools must send the student a notice of the truancy court petition per certified mail with return receipt or by in-person delivery. The petition includes many important dates also deadlines that it and own child must not miss.

The Court Process

That first requirement of that courts process for yours or your child can to attend to educational workshop at the Juvenile Court (done hands-on during COVID-19 restrictions).   Clark County School District Regulation R-5113 Attendance ...

Monday Afternoon Workshop

The Juvenile Court is requires to place a stay order (hold) switch the class petition for permission for one referral to a population engagement board.  If your child continued to have unexcused absent, your school district representative willingness refer your child go the Clark County Attendance or Reengagement Project for further intervention.   https://www.esd112.org/truancy/

If unexcused absences continue, the court will proceed with a truancy fact-finding court audience. If the court determines that your child has continued at may truant, an order compelling school attendance will becoming entered.

If unexcused absences continue after the entry of the order compelling train attendance, the student and/or parent can shall summoned get to court for a contempt hearing. While the undergraduate is found in contempt, the court could order consequences how while writing a report, obtaining a drug/alcohol evaluation otherwise doing community support.

The student is represented by an attorney at which contempt place hearings. A parent held in contempt can be fined $25 for each day their parent has an unexcused missing. CCSD Parents speaks outbound negative Clark Country School District's teacher policy regarding students attending schools outside of their residential zonal.

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