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Board to align attendance language with Indiana code; 'habitually absent' changed to 'habitually truant' for next reading
Summary
Trustees instructed staff to change policy language so it matches Indiana code wording: replace the phrase "habitually absent" with "habitually truant." Staff will prepare the revised policy for second reading.
Richmond Community Schools trustees reviewed proposed edits to policy 5200 (attendance) and directed staff to align district language with state statute by replacing the term "habitually absent" with "habitually truant."
The discussion centered on phrasing consistency with cited Indiana code. "I looked through all of the linked Indiana code ... and I couldn't find any habitually absent," a staff presenter said, recommending that the policy use the statutory term. Trustees agreed that keeping the district policy language consistent with state code will reduce confusion in enforcement and when reporting to state agencies.
The board asked staff to make the correction on page 3 of the draft and to return the revised policy for a second reading. No formal roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript; the directive appears multiple times in the meeting record.
