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Schuylkill Valley board hears detailed review of attendance rules, thresholds and follow-up supports
Summary
At its March meeting the Schuylkill Valley School District heard a staff presentation defining compulsory attendance, chronic absence and the district's steps (3-, 5- and 10-day letters, SAIC/SAIP, and outside referrals) used to intervene; board members pressed staff on letter-generation and communication with families.
Schuylkill Valley School District officials presented a step-by-step review of how the district defines and responds to student absences, outlining thresholds for compulsory attendance, chronic absence and the interventions the district uses before filing truancy citations.
The presentation by Dr. Brewer (title not specified in the record) explained state-driven definitions and district policy and described how the district identifies students for interventions such as Student Attendance Improvement Conferences (SAIC), school attendance improvement plans (SAIP) and referrals to the Advancing School Attendance Program (ASAP), administered by Service Access and Management, Inc. "Students who are chronically absent... have missed at least 10% or more of the days in the current school year," Dr. Brewer said, and added that Schuylkill Valley triggers local SAIC/SAIP attention sooner: "At Schuylkill Valley School District, our threshold for SAIC and SAIP for chronically absent students is between 15 to 20 days of absence."
The nut graf: The presentation matters because research and district data show…
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