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Pleasant Valley updates attendance policy to align with Senate File 2435; board approves handbook changes
Summary
School administrators told the Pleasant Valley Community School District board Thursday that changes to the student and parent handbooks, driven by Senate File 2435, focus on early intervention and semester-based tracking to reduce chronic absenteeism; the board approved the updates by roll call vote.
Pleasant Valley Community School District administrators presented revised student- and parent-handbook language that implements attendance changes aligned with Senate File 2435 and emphasizes early intervention to reduce chronic absenteeism.
Administrators said the district is shifting from a full-year to a semester-based attendance period, which translates state benchmarks into 9, 13 and 18 days of absence within a semester. The district will send an early-intervention letter at five absences (a non‑mandated early-notice tool), operate School Engagement Meetings (SEMs) when students reach the chronic-absence benchmarks and maintain an absenteeism prevention plan recording action steps agreed at SEMs.
Tony, a district presenter, described the policy and the tracking process:…
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