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Committee updates attendance policy to allow 17-year-old parents to petition for adult education
Summary
Policy and regulation edits reflect Public Act 23-160, letting a 17-year-old parent request board permission to attend adult education; the regulation also permits secure, single-sign-on absence excuses and clarifies truancy procedures across pathways.
The policy committee reviewed changes to the district’s attendance, truancy and chronic-absenteeism policy (policy referenced in the meeting as 05/2013) to implement language in Public Act 23-160 that allows a 17-year-old student who is also a parent to petition the board of education to attend adult-education classes.
Presenter Carrie Latour said the policy text primarily updates legal…
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