ABSENCES
& MISSING SCHOOL
Pursuant to HB 358, it shall be the responsibility of the
classroom teacher, or designee to post the list of missing
school children provided by the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction. This list will be placed on an appropriate bulletin
board accessible to faculty members and other staff members.
In the event staff members suspect that a missing child
is enrolled in the school, they shall notify the classroom
teacher immediately.
The district superintendent shall notify the county attorney's
office and the sheriff's department.
Parents, guardians, or legal custodians of school children
must report the following information to the classroom teacher:
- In the event the child will be
absent from school, the parent shall
report that absence to the classroom teacher and/or designee.
The parent should also notify the teachers in advance of
dentist and doctor appointments.
- The parent shall report
the absence of the child every day
the child is absent from school.
- Parents, guardians, or
legal custodians will provide a
telephone number where they may be contacted in the event
of an emergency or when the child is absent from school.
- In
the event the parent does not maintain a home telephone,
he/she shall provide an alternative telephone number
where
they may be contacted if their child is absent from school.
When a parent, guardian, or legal custodian notifies a school
that a child will be absent from school, the classroom teacher
and/or designee shall log the date and person from whom the
call came.
In the event a parent, guardian, or legal custodian fails
to notify the school of the child's absence, the classroom
teacher and/or designee shall attempt to contact the parent,
guardian, or legal custodian by the end of the school day
as follows:
- The classroom teacher or designee will attempt
to telephone the
parent, guardian, or legal custodian at the residential
or alternative
telephone number provided under the provision above.
- If
the school official is unable to make telephone contact
with the parent, guardian, or legal custodian after three
(3)
school days, he/she shall mail a written notice to the
parent, guardian, or legal custodian indicating the child's
absence from school on those dates. This letter will
indicate that an attempt was made to make telephone contact
during the days the child was absent from school.
- If the
school official suspects foul play, he/she shall immediately
notify the district superintendent and/or appropriate
law enforcement
- If a child is present for part of a school
day and absent for
the remainder of the school day and if the parent has
not
reported that partial day absence, the school official
shall
follow the procedures outlined as if the child was absent
from school the entire day.
- In the event a school official
cannot determine the
appropriate procedure in a particular case, he/she shall
notify the classroom teacher and, in turn, the district
superintendent
who may consult with the district's legal advisor and/or
county
attorney for direction.
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