Attendance Services
Truancy District Policy
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Truancy is defined as intentionally failing or refusing to attend or removing oneself from attending class or other scheduled school activities where attendance is mandatory including cutting class and leaving campus without permission. Work missed because of truancy may not be completed for credit.
School administrators and teachers are responsible for keeping records of student attendance. Also, the designated attendance office for the school district shall assist the administration when a student attendance problem warrants special assistance, additional investigation, and/or referral to the Greene County Prosecutor’s office pursuant to Missouri compulsory school attendance law.
Adoptee: November 26, 1996
Cross Refs: JEA, Compulsory Attendance Ages
Legal Refs: 167.031-111,210.167, RSMo
The School District of Springfield R-XII, Springfield, Missouri
Links:
- International Association for Truancy and Dropout Prevention
- National Center for School Engagement
- Northwest Regional Education Laboratory
- National Truancy Prevention Association
- National Dropout Prevention Centers
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention