How often should site administrators be checking chronic absenteeism?
It is recommended to monitor your chronic absenteeism dashboard and the consecutive absence report in BIG at least weekly. Additional attendance data should be reviewed based on your MTSS calendar.
What should a school office be doing to track attendance on a daily basis?
What should a school office be doing to track attendance on a weekly basis?
What is the role of teachers in tracking attendance?
Mark attendance accurately
Keep open lines of communication with families, especially in cases where a student might be falling behind due to absences
Provide make up work/opportunities to learn missed concepts within 2 days of student request
Educational negelect is defined as having a child between the ages of 7 and 17 who is not enrolled in school or who is habitually absent from school without justification due to the faults or habits of the child's parents or legal guardians.
School districts must document their efforts to resolve the root causes of the non-attendance prior to classification as educational neglect.
Educational neglect is very difficult to substantiate
