Documentation of Truancy / Drop Out / 10 Day Rule - Communication with AOE
Documentation of email conversation with Glenn Bouchard about logging parent contact. 10/28/2021
9/15/2020
to me, AOE, Karyn
Hi Gloria,
If you count your contact with these students as an attendance event, than please mark them as present for those days you had contact with those students and or parents.
After 10 days of
absences without contact, you are required to report them as exited. If
you were in contact with these people, then that is not the case, and
you don't need to exit them.
These students and families would not get notified directly because of
this reporting to the best of my knowledge. So I wouldn't worry much
about what you report effecting them. We use this data for federal
funding reporting and taxes.
Please try and report accurately and according to the rules required by law.
From Gloria - 10/1/2020
Hi James,
We
are discussing our attendance policies. Is it considered contact if we
are calling them everyday and they don’t answer the phone?
10/1/2020
to me, AOE, Karyn
I wouldn't consider that contact if they don't answer.
From Gloria - 10/1/2020
To James, AOE, Karyn
One more question. We have a robocall that goes out to the parents of all kids that are absent.
We can see by the robocall report that they answered or not. Is that
considered contact? We are trying to develop consistent processes
throughout the district.
10/1/2020
to me, AOE, Karyn I contacted our legal department as I'm not sure.
I'll let you know when they are able to get back to me.
Did not get back to me and I decided it was pretty clear that a recorded call does not count as contact. gjo
See attachment for spreadsheet that shows an example of the coding and the 10 day rule based on a student's attendance.
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