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Duval board reviews merged attendance policy after state adds early truancy intervention
Summary
Staff proposed merging policies 5.4 and 5.42 into a single student‑attendance policy that incorporates a recent state change allowing earlier truancy petitions for students with a history of chronic absenteeism; board members asked staff to consolidate duplicated language and add explicit makeup‑work provisions.
Staff told the committee they propose collapsing policy 5.4 into 5.42 so the district’s attendance policy clearly covers compulsory attendance, definitions of chronic absenteeism, excused vs. unexcused absences, and administration of attendance. Miss Taylor said the key statutory change is an early‑truancy intervention provision: staff may now file a truancy petition for students who have a history of chronic absenteeism, a change not previously allowed.
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