BARBOUR
Revision 9/4/09
ATTENDANCE
1. Rationale and Philosophy -
1..1. The Barbour County Board of
Education recognizes that a direct relationship exists between daily school
attendance and student academic performance, graduation and good work
habits. The board believes that regular
attendance establishes the opportunity to meet the individual needs of students
in order to help them reach their potential.
Since programs of study are planned and content standards of instruction
are taught daily so that each day’s work builds on work previously completed,
all students are expected to attend school regularly and be on time for
classes. A direct relationship exists
between good attendance and student academic performance, graduation and good work
habits in the marketplace. The board
encourages schools to implement and maintain a climate conducive to learning,
encourages student responsibility and self-discipline, and promotes the
development of good work habits. The
board believes that parental support and cooperation is necessary to achieve
regular attendance.
1..2. It is the intent of the Barbour
County Board of Education to increase attendance by encouraging schools to:
1.2.1 Create a positive school climate conducive to learning.
1.2.2 Help students develop responsibility,
self-discipline and good work habits.
1.2.3 Develop a system enlisting parental
support for regular school attendance.
2.
Definitions.
2.1. Absence - Not being physically present in the
school facility for any reason.
2.2.
Allowable Deductions for Schools - Absences that result from school‑approved
curricular/co-curricular activities; failure of the bus to run/hazardous
conditions; excused student absences; students not in attendance due to
disciplinary measures; and absent students for whom the attendance director has
pursued judicial remedies to compel attendance (filed a criminal complaint or
juvenile petition) due to provisions in W. Va. Code §18-8-4.
2.3.
Attendance - For statistical purposes, attendance will be reported and
aggregated to the nearest half day according to the definitions in sections 2.3.1.
and 2.3.2.
2.3.1.
Full-day attendance means being present at least .74 of the school day.
2.3.2.
Half-day attendance means being present at least .50 of the school day.
2.4.
Attendance Rate - The number of days present divided by the number of days of
membership, multiplied by one hundred, equals attendance rate for students on
the attendance registers in grades K-12.
2.5. Awaiting Foster Care Placement - Any child or
youth who: 1) is in the custody of the
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, 2) has been placed in
out-of-home care, and 3) is not in a permanent placement. This includes,
but is not limited to, children and youth in family foster care, kinship care,
emergency shelter care or in a residential group home.
2.6.
Dropout - A dropout is an individual who:
2.6.1.
was enrolled in school at some time during the previous school year and was not
enrolled on October 1 of the current school year; or
2.6.2.
was not enrolled on October 1 of the previous school year although expected to
be in membership (i.e., was not reported as a dropout the year before); and
2.6.3.
has not graduated from high school, obtained a General Educational Development
Certificate (hereinafter GED) diploma, or completed a state- or district‑approved
education program; and
2.6.4.
does not meet any of the following exclusionary conditions:
2.6.4.1
transfer
to another public school district, private
school, registered
home
school, or state- or district-approved education program;
2.6.4.2
temporary
school-recognized absence due to suspension or illness; or
2.6.4.3
death.
2.7.
Dropout Date - For students of compulsory school attendance age or older, the
dropout date is defined as the school day after the student’s last day of
attendance.
2.8.
Enrollment - A student is officially enrolled when one of the following
conditions occur:
2.8.1.
student was enrolled the previous year;
2.8.2.
student appears at school to enroll with or without a parent/guardian; or
2.8.3.
student and/or parent/guardian appears at school to enroll with or without
records.
2.9.
Enrollment Count - A status count that reports the number of students on the
attendance register as required by the West Virginia Department of Education
(hereinafter WVDE).
2.10.
Excused Student Absences - Absences that result from school-approved
curricular/co-curricular activities; failure of the bus to run/hazardous
conditions, SAT Plan, IEP or 504 Plan and other county board approved excused
absences.
2.10.1.
“Documented chronic medical condition” means any physical or mental condition
that may require multiple or regular absences.
This condition must be documented annually with a valid physician’s note
that explains the condition and anticipated impact on attendance. The necessity for the absences must be
approved and reviewed quarterly by the SAT, IEP or 504 team (See §5.3.3.d). Such absence(s) shall be considered an
allowable deduction for purposes of §126-81-5.2
of this policy.
2.10.2. “Documented disability” means any mental or
physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
and is documented annually with a valid physician’s note that explains the
disability and anticipated impact on attendance. The necessity for the absences must be
approved and reviewed quarterly by the SAT, IEP, or 504 team (See §5.3.3.d). Such absence(s) shall be considered an
allowable deduction for purposes of §126-81-5.2
of this policy.
2.11.
Homeless Children and Youths - as defined in the McKinney-Vento Act means individuals who lack a fixed,
regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes:
2.11.1.
children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of
housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels,
trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate
accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned
in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement;
2.11.2.
children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or
private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
2.11.3.
children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned
buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
2.11.4.
migratory children who qualify as homeless because the children or youth are
living in circumstances as described in the above descriptions.
2.12.
Membership Days - The days present plus the days absent.
2.13.
School of Origin - As defined in the McKinney-Vento Act is the school that the
child or youth attended when permanently housed or the school in which the
child or youth was last enrolled.
2.14.
Transfer - A process by which a student ends enrollment or attendance in one
location and begins enrollment or attendance in a second location (e.g., within
a county, between counties, or out-of-state). This can be evidenced through a
transcript request or other documentation that the student is continuing
elementary or secondary education.
1. Responsibility/Implementation -
3.1 The Barbour County Board of
Education has the responsibility to encourage student attendance, motivate
daily attendance, and specify components by the respective schools to implement
this attendance policy. The Barbour
County Board of Education shall employ a certified county director of school
attendance as required by West Virginia Code §18-8-3. The director of
attendance has the responsibility to implement WV Code, State Board Attendance
Policies and County Attendance Policies through the following actions.
3.1.1
Implement
the county attendance policy in accordance with procedures specified under West
Virginia Code §18-8-1, §18-8-9 and WV Board of Education Policy 4110.
3.1.2
Promote
regular school attendance.
3.1.3
The attendance director shall serve as the liaison
for homeless children and youth as defined in W. Va. Code §18-8-4. As defined
in McKinney-Vento Act, as the liaison for homeless children and youth, the
attendance director is required to:
3.1.3.1 ensure that public
notice of the educational rights of students in homeless situations is
disseminated where children and youths receive services.
3.1.3.2 ensure that
parents or guardians are informed of educational and related opportunities
available to their children, and are provided with meaningful opportunities to
participate in the education of their children.
3.1.3.3 ensure that
parents or guardians are informed of, and assisted in accessing, all
transportation services for their children, including to the school of origin.
3.1.3.4 help unaccompanied
youth choose and enroll in a school, after considering the youth’s wishes, and
provide the youth with notice of his or her right to appeal the school
district’s decision.
3.1.3.5 immediately assist
in obtaining immunizations or record of immunizations or other medical records
for those students who do not have them, and assure that students are enrolled
in school while the records are being obtained.
3.1.3.6
ensure that homeless children and youths are identified by school personnel and
through coordination activities with other entities and agencies.
3.1.3.7 ensure
that homeless children and youths enroll in, and have a full and equal
opportunity to succeed in, schools of that local educational agency.
3.1.3.8 ensure
that homeless families, children, and youths Receive educational services for
which such families, children, and youths are eligible, including Head Start
and Even Start programs and preschool programs administered by the local
educational agency, and referrals to health care services, dental services,
mental health services, and other appropriate services.
3.1.3.9
ensure that enrollment disputes are mediated as outlined in Paragraph (3)(E) of
the McKinney-Vento Act.
3.1.-148372362
Serve as the Homeless Child Liaison for Barbour
County and perform such duties as defined by federal and state code and
policies.
3.1.4
Monitor
absenteeism reporting through the WVEIS system for the purpose of maintaining
an accurate account of daily attendance.
3.1.5
File
with the superintendent and county board of education at the close of each
month a report showing activities of the school attendance office and the
status of attendance in the county at the time.
3.1.6
Prepare
attendance reports and such other reports as the county superintendent may
request.
3.1.7
Serve
as representative to the Investigative Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) chaired by
the Prosecuting Attorney and consisting of representatives of local human
service agencies, legal services, law enforcement and juvenile probation
services.
3.1.8
Serve
as liaison for the Barbour County School System and the Barbour County
Serve as liaison for the Barbour County School
System and the Barbour County Juvenile
Justice System.
3.2 Each
principal has the responsibility to implement WV Code, State Board Attendance
Policies, and County Attendance Policies through the following actions:
3.2.1
Ensure
the county attendance policy will be printed in the school handbook or
distributed directly to students and parents.
3.2.2
Appointment
of designated school attendance coordinator, principal, or designee who will
collect classroom attendance data, enter data into WVEIS, and make appropriate
referrals to the county director of attendance.
3.2.3
Provide
students and parents with a copy of appropriate attendance policies.
3.2.4
Appoint
a school based Student Assistance Team, which shall include the principal or
designee, teachers, and counselors as appropriate. The Student Assistance Team may serve in this
function.
3.2.5
Maintain
current and accurate attendance records and related documentation which
include:
3.2.5.1 record of attendance for every
student (WVEIS);
3.2.5.2 documentation of absent reasons;
3.2.5.3 procedures for communication with
parents;
3.2.5.4 timely referrals to the director of
attendance.
3.2.6
Report
school dropouts to the WV Department of Education (WVEIS).
3.2.7
Comply
with provisions of WV Code §18-8-1 regarding the reporting of school enrollment
and attendance as a condition of licensing for the privilege of operation of a
motor vehicle.
3.2.8
Comply
with WVDE Attendance Policy 4110, which requires a student seeking
reinstatement of their driver’s permit or license to make and maintain
satisfactory attendance during the complete semester following the revocation
of his/her license.
3.2.9
Develop
preventive and educational procedures and incentives to promote
attendance. These procedures may include
but are not limited to: individual
counseling; state attendance certificates; individual and group developmental
guidance counseling sessions; dropout prevention programs; student recognition
at award ceremonies; individual incentive or award programs and public
recognition through news releases. Each
school is encouraged to develop positive appropriate incentives and awards as
determined by the Faculty Senate, LSIC, PTA, PTO, business partnerships or
other school organizations.
3.2.9.1
Participate
in the State provided attendance certificate program at the conclusion of each
school year, grades P-K through 8. High
school participation is optional.
3.2.9.1.1
Perfect
Attendance – no absences other than school sanctioned trips.
3.2.9.1.2
Faithful
Attendance – no more than five absences other than school sanctioned trips.
4
Instruction
Age – Compulsory Attendance Age –
4.1
Compulsory
school attendance shall begin with the school year in which the student’s sixth
birthday is reached prior to September 1 of such year or upon enrolling in a
publicly supported educational program and continue to the 16th
birthday or for as long as the student shall continue to be enrolled in
Barbour County Schools. Compulsory
school attendance shall be enforced against a student or parent 16 years of age
or older for as long as the student continues to be enrolled in Barbour County
Schools.
4.2 Students entering pre-kindergarten
in Barbour County Schools must be four years of age prior to September 1. Students entering kindergarten in Barbour
County Schools must be five years of age prior to September 1. Under Barbour
County Policy ***, advanced entrance may be provided. Birth records are required for
the verification of age. A child may be
removed from such pre- kindergarten or kindergarten program
when the principal, teacher, parent or guardian concur that the best interest
of the child would not be served by requiring further attendance. If a student has not completed an approved
kindergarten program at age six, the student shall be placed in the
kindergarten program of the school where he or she is enrolled. Nothing herein
shall prevent a student from another state from enrolling in a school in such
grade as the student was enrolled at the school from which the student
transferred.
4.3 Each parent, guardian or custodian
shall have the responsibility of fully cooperating in and completing the
enrollment process by providing immunization documentation (W.Va. Code 18-2-5),
signed suspension and expulsion document (W.Va. Code 18-5-15), and any other
documents required by federal, state, and/or local policies or code.
4.4
The
Board of Education recognizes the positive cultural benefits to the students,
staff, and the community in meeting students from other countries and in having
foreign students as members of the student body of this County. The Board will permit from recognized and
approved student exchange programs the admission of exchange students who are
residing in this County. Students who enroll as foreign exchange students may, in the
event a birth certificate is unavailable, substitute their immigration
documents, passports or visas to substantiate identity and date of birth. Upon
enrollment all policies of Barbour County Schools will be followed and
enforced. The superintendent has the
authority to revoke enrollment if
an exchange student violates policy
dependant on frequency and/or seriousness.
5
Student
Absences, Tardiness and Excuses -
5.1 Absence is defined as not being
physically present in the school facility for any reason. Each school shall develop a system for
collecting, maintaining and entering into WVEIS student excuses. For statistical purposes student attendance
will be reported and aggregated in WVEIS to the nearest half day. Full-day attendance is being present at least
.74 of the school day and half-day attendance is being present at least .50 of
the school day. Student excuses,
following a student’s absence from school, must be submitted for the duration
of the absence. A one day grace period
will be allowed for written excuses to be provided. If not received within this time frame, the
date(s) of absence will be recorded as unexcused, regardless of the
reason. The excuses are to be signed by
the parent/guardian or physician.
Preventive and educative procedures, which include incentives to
maintain and improve attendance, shall be implemented using the following
definitions for excused and unexcused absences.
5.1.1
Excused Absences –
5.1.1.1 Illness or injury of the student
requiring physician’s verification.
5.1.1.2 Medical and/or dental appointment,
which cannot be scheduled outside the school day when the physician or dentist
verifies the absence in writing.
5.1.1.3
Illness
of student verified in writing by the parent or guardian not exceeding three
consecutive or five total days per semester.
Verification by a physician will be required if absences exceed three
consecutive days.
5.1.1.4 Illness or injury in the family when
a physician verifies student absences is essential.
5.1.1.5 Failure of bus to run.
5.1.1.6 Calamity, such as fire in the home,
flood or family emergency upon approval by the school principal
5.1.1.7
Death in the family, limit three
days for each occurrence except in extraordinary circumstances. “Family” is defined as mother, father,
brother, sister, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, brother-in-law,
sister-in-law, brother’s children, sister’s children, student’s child(ren) or
any person living in the same household.
5.1.1.8 Leaves
of educational value adhering to these stipulations: 1) prior submission using
Barbour County ‘Request for Educational Leave’ (available on the Barbour County
Schools web-site) and approval, by the school principal, of an educational plan
detailing objectives and activities to be gained during the identified leave;
2) leave is not to exceed ten days; 3) verification of implementation of the
educational plan
upon student’s return must be provided to the school principal in order for the
absence from school to be finalized as excused, and 4) leave in excess of ten
days requires county board approval.
5.1.1.9 Legal obligation with verification.
5.1.1.10Observance of religious holidays
with verification.
5.1.1.11Contagious parasite conditions, such
as lice, shall be excused absences not to exceed three days per incident. If the student’s absences exceed three days,
they will then be counted as unexcused unless physician verification is
received to support the extended time period.
5.1.2
Unexcused
Absences –
5.1.2.1 Unexcused absences shall mean an
absence from school that is not excused pursuant to the definitions listed in
the previous section of this policy.
5.1.2.2 All absences for which written
verification is not received will be considered unexcused.
5.1.3
Tardy/Early
Dismissal –
5.1.3.1 Tardy shall mean arrival by a
student after the appointed time for the commencement of school or an
individual class which a student is scheduled to attend.
5.1.3.2 Students who leave prior to the end
of the school day will be counted as an early departure.
5.1.3.3 Students must make up work missed
for arriving late or leaving early.
5.1.3.4 Students will not be suspended
solely for failure to attend class.
6
Full
Day Enrollment/Early Graduation –
6.1
All
students shall be scheduled for a full instructional day with the following
exception for early graduation of students meeting the county graduation
requirements. In order to be eligible
for early graduation, a student must petition the Barbour County Board of
Education one semester in advance. Three
letters of recommendation from teachers at the high school and a letter of
recommendation from the principal must support the petition. The petition must also have a letter of
pending acceptance from either a college, technical school or from a full-time
employer. Petitions will be handled on
an individual basis by the Barbour County Board of Education.
6.2 The need for a shortened day for
certain special needs students as outlined in their IEP or 504 documents is
addressed in Barbour County Policy I-5.
7
Parental
Notification Requirements -
7.1
At
the commencement of each school year parents and students shall be provided
with a copy of the county attendance policy and school procedures. New arrivals during the school year shall
also be provided with a copy of the same information. Parents shall be advised of their
responsibility to report the absence of their children and their accountability
for the regular school attendance of their children. Each day a student is absent a written note
with parent signature or any allowable excuse documentation
should be sent to the school when the student returns with the reason for the
absence. The principal shall contact, by
letter, any parent, guardian or custodian of the student and hold a conference
with such person and the student when the student has accumulated five
unexcused absences. Parents shall be
notified, and invited to attend, Student Assistance Team (SAT) meetings wherein
a recommendation concerning attendance is to be considered with respect to
their child.
7.2
In
the case of five consecutive or ten total unexcused absences of a child during
a school year, the attendance director shall serve written notice [CA-2 Form]
to the parent, guardian, or custodian of such child that the attendance of such
child at school is required and that within ten days of receipt of the notice
the parent, guardian, or custodian, accompanied by the child, shall report in
person to the school the child attends for a conference with the principal or
other designated representative of the school in order to discuss and correct
the circumstances causing the unexcused absences of the child.
7.3 If the parent, guardian, or
custodian does not comply or the unexcused absences continue, the attendance
director shall work in cooperation with the Prosecuting Attorney Office to make
complaint against the parent, guardian, or custodian before a magistrate of the
county or the circuit court of the county.
7.4 In the case that a middle or high
school student is determined to have caused the unexcused absence concern, a
Juvenile referral will be provided to the Barbour County Prosecuting Attorney
for action through the juvenile court system.
8
School
Attendance as Condition of Licensing for Privilege of Operation of Motor
Vehicle -
8.1 Any student 15 years of age, but
less than 18 years of age, who is properly enrolled in a West Virginia public
school, or who is a West Virginia resident enrolled in an out-of-state school,
or who is properly enrolled in an Exemption A, B, or K non-public school may
request from the attendance director or chief administrator of the appropriate
school system documentation of enrollment/attendance status. This documentation must be provided on a from
approved by the West Virginia Department of Education for presentation to the
West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles when making application for, or
reinstatement of, an instruction permit or license to operate a motor
vehicle.
8.2 Circumstances Outside the Control of the
Student – shall include, but not be limited to, medical reasons, familial
responsibilities and the necessity of supporting oneself or another. Suspension or expulsion from school or
imprisonment in a jail or a West Virginia correctional facility is not a
circumstance beyond the control of the student, and for purposes of this
policy, shall be considered an unexcused absence.
8.3 Driver’s Eligibility Certificate – documentation
provided by the county to the student verifying that the student has met the
attendance, behavioral and academic expectations set forth by W. Va. Code
§18-8-11 that are required to obtain a license or instruction permit to drive a
motor vehicle.
8.4 Satisfactory Academic Progress – attaining and
maintaining grades sufficient to allow for graduation and course-work in an
amount sufficient to allow graduation in five years or by age nineteen,
whichever is earlier (beginning with the completed 2008-09 school year).
8.4.1 This would calculate in the minimum annual
earning of five credits to allow
graduation in five years based on the graduation requirements set forth in §126CSR42, WVBE Policy 2510: Assuring the Quality of Education,
Regulations for Education Programs.
8.4.2 Three of the five credits earned annually must
be from the core requirements identified in W. Va. §126CSR42, WVBE Policy
2510: Assuring the Quality of Education,
Regulations for Education Programs
8.5 Withdrawal – for the purpose of driver’s
license eligibility, withdrawal is defined as the following reasons for which
the county shall deny or revoke a Driver’s Eligibility Certificate from any
student at least fifteen but less than eighteen years of age:
8.5.1 More than ten consecutive or
fifteen total days unexcused absences during a school year.
8.5.2 Suspension pursuant to W. Va.
Code §18A-5-1a and §18A-5-1b which include the following behaviors when
committed on the premises of an educational facility, at a school-sponsored
function, or on a school bus:
a. assault and/or battery on school employees,
b. possessing deadly weapons,
c. possession, sale,
or distributionsale
of a narcotic drug,
d. possession,
sale,
or distribution
of medication.
de.
committing an act or engaging in conduct that would constitute a felony under
West Virginia Code if committed by an adult, and/or
ef. unlawfully possession,
sale, or distribution
ofpossessing
a control substance governed by the uniform controlled substances act as
described in W. Va. Code §60A-1.1 et seq.
9
Dropout
–
9.1 A dropout is defined as an
individual who falls under the following guidelines.
9.1.1
Was
enrolled in school at some time during the previous school year and was not
enrolled on October 1 of the current school year; or
9.1.2
Was
not enrolled on October 1 of the previous school year although excepted to in
membership (i.e. was not reported as a dropout the year before); and
9.1.3
Has
not graduated from high school, obtained a GED diploma, or completed a state or
district approved education program; and
9.1.4
Does
not meet any of the following exclusionary conditions.
9.1.4.1 Transfer to another public school
district, private school, registered home school or state or district approved
education program.
9.1.4.2 Temporary school recognized absence
due to suspension or illness.
9.1.4.3 Death.
9.2 Students wishing to drop out of
school shall initiate the process by requesting a Student Assistance Team
meeting in order to discuss all alternative options available. Upon the recommendation of the SAT to follow
through with the process, an exit conference with the attendance director must
then be scheduled. Their parent,
guardian, or custodian who will sign appropriate dropout form shall accompany
students who are 16 or 17 years old.
Students 18 years of age or older are considered to be adults and may
sign the appropriate dropout form on their own. Following the conference the
attendance director will forward copies of the dropout form to the principal,
counselor, and ABE instructor. The
principal or his designee shall have the responsibility of withdrawing the
student in WVEIS using the appropriate dropout code. The attendance director shall monitor the
reporting of dropouts to the State Department of Education. Schools will make an effort to identify
potential dropouts and use all available counseling and academic resources
available at the school to ensure that students complete the educational
requirements of the school.
9.3 A student should not initiate
dropout proceedings if they, or their parent/guardian, has been referred to the
court system, juvenile petition or criminal complaint, due to attendance
issues, until the legal proceedings have been concluded.
9.4 Students who have dropped out of
school are encouraged to re-enroll. To
better guarantee success the student needs tomust
return to school during the first weekwithin
5 instructional days of a given semester if they are
eligible to graduate by age 21. A student may re-enroll mid-semester within 5
instructional days of the last day of
attendance. Upon
return, the student must maintain good standing (no failing course grades, no
Out-of-School Suspension, regular attendance with fewer than 5 unexcused
absences.
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Home/Hospital
Instruction -
3.1
The Barbour County Board of Education shall provide home teaching
services for children who are homebound due to injury or who for any other
reason, as certified by a licensed physician or psychiatrist, .
Refer to Barbour County Policy I-27.5. Barbour County Schools must have medical
validations from the specialist.
Homebound services are provided when a child is medically not able to
attend school for a period of three consecutive weeks or longer. Long-term home/hospital students must have medical
validation every six weeks to be continued for services. The student shall not be counted absent using
the state approved WVEIS code while receiving homebound services. Since homebound services are provided with
the understanding that the student is too ill to attend school, if the student
is unavailable for instruction during the scheduled time with the homebound
instructor an excuse will need to be provided, and the absence
will count proportionally to the percentage of the school week that they missed
(i.e. missing one of two sessions per week would be 50% of the week or 2 ˝ days
of absence).
10.1
10.2 In all cases, credit shall be based
upon completion of assigned instructional activities and academic performance
as defined by established evaluation procedures. Excused or unexcused absences cannot be used
to deny credit.
11
Attendance
Exemptions –
11.1
The Barbour County Board of Education will exempt
students from public school attendance as defined in West Virginia Code
§18-8-1.
12
Attendance
Appeal Procedure -
12.1 A student or parent may make an
appeal of an attendance decision, Barbour County Policy K-16; Citizens Appeal
Procedures should be followed.
13
Policy
Development -
13.1 The Barbour County Schools
attendance policy has been developed with input from the county attendance
director, central office staff, principals, teachers, counselors and
parents. The Barbour County Board of
Education has placed the county attendance policy on comment period for
additional parental and community input.
An annual
attendance review/evaluation will be conducted to determine the effectiveness
of this policy. Data collection of current and previous years will be reviewed
to determine the effectiveness of the current policy. Each revision of the county attendance policy
shall be submitted to the West Virginia Department of Education for approval.
Source: Board
of Education Minutes
Adopted: 08/4/87
Revised: ___/___/___; 08/10/09;
09/22/08; 05/12/08; 07/23/07; 12/18/06; 08/18/03
Legal Reference: School
Laws of West Virginia: §18-2-5;
§18-5-15; §18-8-1; §18-8-1a; §18-8-2; §18-8-3;
§18-8-9;
§18-8-11; §18A-5-1a;
§18A-5-1b §17B-2-5;
§91-5-12; §60A-1.1; §126CSR42
WV
Attendance Policy 2510; 4110; 4150
Student
Code of Conduct Policy 4373