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Committee updates attendance policy to align with current statutes and remote learning modes
Summary
The policy committee approved a revision to attendance rules (policy JB) to align the compulsory-attendance age and clarify attendance recording across in-person, remote, and hybrid instruction; staff who worked on the consolidation were credited.
On Jan. 6 the Tangipahoa Parish policy committee approved revisions to policy JB (attendance) to align the district’s rules with current state statutes and modern instructional modes.
Presenters said the revisions adjust the district’s compulsory-attendance references (the transcript records that the age referenced in the draft was changed from 7 to 5) and update statutory references and guidance on how attendance is recorded for remote and hybrid instruction. Staff work — credited to Miss Lanier and others — consolidated multiple attendance provisions into a single, detailed policy.
A motion to adopt the revision was made by Mister Toler and seconded by Mister Westmoreland; the motion carried. Committee members noted the last revision was in 2023 and that the consolidation reduced several overlapping attendance policies into a single document.
The committee did not discuss enforcement mechanics, funding implications, or penalties in detail during the meeting; those operational matters were not specified in the transcript and may be addressed in administrative procedures or future meetings.
