2023-2024 Program and Budget Handbook

Core Services provided through Pupil Services in the Central Office and Regional PSA Field Offices include: • Consultation regarding Compulsory Education and attendance intervention; • Consultation regarding District Policies with respect to enrollment, child welfare and attendance issues; • Mandated Initial Truancy Notification; • Resource Panel and the School Attendance Review Board (SARB); • Resources posted on the Pupil Services website, including guides and toolkits; • Policy development, including the Attendance Policy and Procedures Manual. School-site administrators are responsible for ensuring core attendance procedures are followed, including: • Establishing and monitoring enrollment and attendance procedures in accordance with District policies; • Ensuring all school-site staff adhere to District policy and procedures with respect to enrollment, attendance records, and student transfers;

• Ensuring accurate enrollment and withdrawal of students; (School-site administrator responsibilities continued) • Serving as or designating a Homeless Liaison; • Serving as or designating a Foster Care Liaison; • Developing and implementing a comprehensive, school-wide Attendance and Dropout Prevention Plan (Individual Safe School Plan (ISSP), Chapter 5b); • Establishing student attendance and achievement monitoring and intervention systems, such as SSPT; • Ensuring accurate daily attendance taking and submittal; • Ensuring accurate clearing/coding of absences; • Notifying parents/guardians of absences and truancies; • Sending attendance compliance letters, including mandated truancy notifications; • Convening mandated truancy conferences with parents/guardians; • Establishing interventions to decrease truancy, and prevent dropouts and evaluating the efficacy of these interventions; • Preparing cases for SARB; • Processing intra-district permit applications.

For additional information, please contact Elsy Rosado, Director of Pupil Services at (213) 241-3844, or your Regional Pupil Services and Attendance Coordinator

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