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Committee discusses tardiness and truancy language in student-attendance policy
Summary
During a May 5 second-reading review of policy 204, committee members sought clarification on how tardiness accumulates toward truancy and suggested aligning AR language with state requirements; staff said patterns of lateness can equate to unlawful absences and schools typically do not count minutes daily.
The Wallingford-Swarthmore SD policy committee reviewed the student-attendance policy (204) in a second-reading session on May 5, focusing discussion on how tardiness and minutes of lateness are treated for truancy purposes. Committee members asked whether the administrative regulation (AR) is…
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