20-2-690.3. Chronically absent students; attendance review teams.

As used in this subpart, the term:#

1. (1)

   “Attendance review team” means a team of individuals provided for in subsection (c) of this Code section.#

2. (2)

   “Chronically absent” means the attendance status of a student whose total number of absences, whether excused or unexcused, at any time during a school year is equal to or greater than 10 percent of the total number of school days that such student has been enrolled at the same school or within the same local school system during the current school year excepting such student’s first day of enrollment.#

3. (3)

   “Local school system chronic absenteeism rate” means the number of students enrolled in a local school system who were chronically absent during the previous school year divided by the total number of students enrolled in such local school system during such school year.#

4. (4)

   “School chronic absenteeism rate” means the number of students enrolled in a school who were chronically absent during the previous school year divided by the total number of students enrolled in such school during such school year.#

1. (1)

   Each local school system shall establish policies and procedures to effectively and continuously identify and provide appropriate supports to students who are chronically absent or at risk of becoming chronically absent, including, but not limited to, policies and procedures for attendance review teams and for intervention plans for such students and their parents or guardians.#

2. (2)

   Each local school system that:#

   1. (A)

      Has a local school system chronic absenteeism rate of 10 percent or higher shall establish an attendance review team for the local school system; and#

   2. (B)

      Has one or more schools with a school chronic absenteeism rate of 15 percent or higher shall establish an attendance review team for each such school.#

1. (1)

   Each attendance review team established under the Code section shall meet at least once monthly and shall be responsible for reviewing the individual cases of students who are chronically absent and developing intervention plans for such students and their parents or guardians; provided, however, that a local school system attendance review team shall be authorized to work in conjunction with school attendance review teams.#

2. (2)

   Attendance review teams established under this subsection may consist of school administrators, school counselors, school social workers, teachers, other school personnel, and the parents or guardians of such students who are chronically absent.#