San Juan Unified School District

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San Juan Unified School District

• Attendance and Absence
• Reporting Policies
• Child Welfare Attendance
• Office of Student Assistance and Prevention
  Programs

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Attendance Policy Ed Code 48200, 48290

• State law requires parent/guardians of children
  ages 6 to 18 to send their children to school.
• Once you enroll your child, you are obligated by
  compulsory education laws to follow the
  attendance policy.

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Reciprocal Communication

• Communication between school sites and parents is
  key to student success and positive attendance.
• Contact your school attendance office and
  principal or vice principal regarding your
  child's attendance concerns.

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District Absence Reporting Policy

• Parents receive 10 days each school year to
  excuse their childs absences for illness without
  medical verification.
• Absences must be cleared with the school within
  10 days or the absences will be coded unexcused.
• School must be notified the first day of absence
  and each day your student is absent.

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District Absence Reporting Policy

• Each parent may excuse up to 10 days without
  providing verification of illness from a medical
  professional or school employee. Anytime your
  child has a doctors appointment and/or
  documentation requiring them to stay home from
  school, provide this immediately when your
  student returns to school. These absences will be
  recorded as verified and will not take away from
  the 10 day parent excused limit.

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Absences allowed by law Ed Code 46010, 48205

• No more than three days (3) of absence in a row
  is allowed for lice.
• Illnesses
• Contagious conditions
• Temperature of 100 degrees
• Vomiting or diarrhea

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Absences allowed by law Ed Code 46010, 48205

• Other Absences
• Funeral services of immediate family 1 day
  excused if in CA, 3 days if out of state.
• Quarantine
• Medical, dental, optometric or chiropractic
  services
• Students child is ill or has a medical
  appointment.

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Absences allowed by law Ed Code 46010, 48205

• You must obtain advanced approval from a
  principle for the following reasons
• Personal reasons
• Court appearance
• Religious holiday
• Religious ceremony

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• All other absences are considered unexcused by law

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• Vacations and extended leave for family need or
  personal reasons are not excusable absences.
• Prior school administrator approval is required
  for absences that are not for illness.

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Truancy Ed Codes 48260, 48273

• The State considers a student truant after an
  accumulation of 3 days of unexcused absences or
  the student is tardy 30 minutes or more 3 days in
  one school year or a combination of unexcused
  absences and over 30 minute tardies.
• State law requires the district to notify
  parents/guardians in writing when a student has
  reached truancy status.

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Truancy Letters Ed Code 48260.5, 46011

• Attendance letters are computer generated.
• Attendance codes B, X, C, will generate letters.
• First letter is sent once 3 days of unexcused
  absences occur.
• Second letter is sent when an additional 2 days
  of unexcused absences occur.
• Third letter is sent upon 1 additional day of
  unexcused absence.

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CWA Letters

• Ten days of illness without a doctors note
  allowed. Parents must call the student in sick.
• A letter will be mailed at 5 days to inform the
  parent half of the number of days have been used.
• A second letter will be mailed at 10 days to let
  parents know that all the allowed number of fays
  have been used. Any additional absences must have
  a doctors note to be excused.

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SARB Conference Ed Code, 48320, 48325

• Failure to comply with attendance requirements
  may result in a referral to SARB School
  Attendance Review Board.
• When a student is truant, the parents and the
  child may be required to attend a meeting to
  address and correct non-attendance patterns as
  required by compulsory education laws.

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SARB Conference Ed Code, 48320, 48325

• The purpose of the conference is to discuss the
  childs attendance record and establish
  directives to remedy attendance concerns.
• This meeting is a legal proceeding. The goal is
  to avoid referrals to legal authorities for
  non-compliance with attendance laws.