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District 70 moves to align chronic-absence policy with state law, raises threshold to 15 days
Summary
Board presenters proposed changing Policy JH’s chronic absenteeism threshold from 12 days to 15 days (10% of enrolled school days), to match state law; the change was presented as a single, targeted edit.
District staff told the board Aug. 5 they propose a limited revision to Policy JH to align the district’s chronic absenteeism definition with state law. The change replaces the district’s longstanding 12-day threshold with 15 days, representing 10% of enrolled school days.
Mister DiPietro walked the board through the single substantive amendment: updating the numeric threshold for chronic absenteeism to match state law. He said the existing policy’s 12-day threshold had been in place for many years and the revision is intended to ensure compliance with the state definition.
Board members were informed this is a targeted, technical change rather than a broader rewrite of attendance procedures. The transcript records the presentation of the change and the rationale; the board did not record additional amendments or conditions in the Aug. 5 meeting.
