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Board corrects attendance language to match Indiana law, discusses chronic absence concerns
Summary
Trustees directed staff to align district attendance policy language with state law by replacing the term “habitually absent” with “habitually truant,” and debated disciplinary consequences and supports for chronically absent students.
The Richmond Community Schools board reviewed Policy 5200 on student attendance and directed staff to align its language with Indiana law, changing a reference to “habitually absent” to “habitually truant.” Board members also discussed the district’s approach to chronically absent students and the limits of disciplinary responses.
Legal counsel and staff explained that Indiana law refers to “habitually…
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