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San Diego County Office of Education
Student Attendance, Safety & Well-Being
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD
Chronic Absenteeism & Dropout Prevention
Summit
2012
2013
Presented By: Bob Mueller
Director, Student Attendance, Safety & Well-Being
Phone: (858) 292-3786 • Fax: (858) 571-8531
Email: bmueller@sdcoe.net
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TOPIC
TIME SPEAKER
8:30
SARB Process Overview
8:35
Bob Mueller, Director
Student Attendance, Safety & Well-Being
Truancy Diversion Court
8:55
Cyndi Jo Means
Deputy District Attorney
Break
10:10
Reducing Chronic
Absenteeism
10:20
Lisa Butler, Student Placement Manager
Chula Vista Elementary School District
Multi-Systems Approach
10:45
Jeni Mendel, Coordinator - CWA
Grossmont Union High School District
TIME Program
11:10
Maria Osborn, Intervention Specialist
Escondido Union School District
State SARB Update
11:40
Steve Fraire
State SARB Representative
Closing Remarks
12:00
The Honorable Judge Browder Willis
Superior Court of San Diego
AGENDA
Welcome
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COMPULSORY EDUCATION
• Education Code 48200
• Requires Fulltime Education
• 6th Birthday until
• 18th Birthday
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SARB HISTORY
In 1973 the Legislature
Separated 601 & 602
Violations in Welfare &
Institution Code.
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IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE
• Juvenile 601 Status Offenders
– Four Low Level Violations
• Running Away
• Incorrigible
• Curfew
• Truancy
• Juvenile 602
– All Other Violations
• HIGH LEVEL
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SHIFT OF FOCUS
In 1974 the state legislature
establishes in the Education Code a
system of interventions for students
with persistent attendance and
behavior problems at school.
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THE LAWS
EC 48200 Compulsory School Attendance
EC 48260 Definition of a Truant
EC 48260.5 First Notice of Truancy Requirements
EC 48261 Second Notice of Truancy
EC 48262 Habitual Truant: Third Notice
EC 48263 Referral to SARB
• Habitual Truant, or
• Irregular Attendance.
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TWO RECENT LAWS
EC 60901(c)(1) Chronic Absentee
Absent 10% or more of school
days in one year, from date to
enrollment to current date, for
any reason.
EC 48260(a)
Chronic Truant
Absent without a valid excuse,
10% or more of school days in
one year, from the date of
enrollment to current date, 8
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TRUANT DEFINED: EC 48260(a)
• Any pupil subject to compulsory education
– absent without a valid excuse three full days
– or tardy or absent more than 30 minutes
without a valid excuse
• Three occasions in one school year
– In any combination thereof
• Shall be reported
– to the attendance supervisor or the
superintendent of the school district.
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COUNTING TRUANCIES
FIRST NOTIFICATION OF TRUANCY
Any Combination of items listed below.
3{
Full Day Unexcused Absence
Tardy to School 31+ Minutes
Absent Unexcused 31+ Minutes
First Notice of Truancy
Include Required Language (EC 48260.5)
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REQUIRED LANGUAGE
Initial notice must include: (See Page 14.)
(a) Pupil is a truant.
(b) Parent is obligated to compel.
(c) Parents may be subject to prosecution.
(d) Alternative ed. programs are available.
(e) Right to meet to discuss solutions.
(f) Pupil may be subject to prosecution.
(g) Pupil’s driving privileges at risk.
(h) Recommended parent attend a full day.
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SARB MATH: 3 + 1 = 2
2nd NOTIFICATION OF TRUANCY
Just Need One of the Items Listed Below
1{
Full Day Unexcused Absence
Tardy to School 31+ Minutes
Absent Unexcused 31+ Minutes
nd
2
Notice of Truancy
EC 48261
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HABITUAL TRUANT: EC 48262
• Reported truant 3 or more times in school year.
Before Student Can Be Classified Habitual Truant
• Notification(s) of Truancy sent.
• Conscientious effort made to hold at least one
conference with parent and pupil.
• Conscientious Effort:
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communication with parent attempted at least once.
most cost-effective method possible is okay.
electronic mail or telephone call permitted.
Document, document, document.
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LOOKS LIKE A PATTERN
NOTICE OF HABITUAL TRUANCY
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First Notice of Truancy (3 occasions)
Second Notice of Truancy (1 occasions)
Parent Conference (Conscientious Effort)
Late or Absent 31+ Min. Unexcused
Notice of Habitual Truancy
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SARB & Truancy Diversion Court Referral Process
Interventions
Attempted
Between
Truancy Notice
&
SART Before
SARB
School sends letter #1 for truancy (3 days or more) or insubordination
School sends letter #2 after next truancy or insubordination
School sends letter #3 after any additional truancy or insubordination
School notifies SARB chair by completing SARB referral form
SARB chair schedules student for SARB and sends registered
mail notification to parents
NOTE: If student on
IEP, an IEP meeting
must be held before
placement in Alt. Ed.
SARB Hearing & Contract
Refer to other agency:
counseling, substance
abuse, probation, CPS
Refer to district
Independent
Study program
Refer to district
alternative education
program
Contract Violation – See DA Filing Criteria. If appropriate,
prepare packet & submit to district SARB Chair for Review.
SARB Chair Submits Packet for DA Review
DA Selects Cases for Court & Notifies Districts
Refer to JCCS
Programs
For More Information Contact:
Bob Mueller
Director, Student Attendance,
Safety & Well-Being
San Diego County Office of
Education 15
(858) 292-3786
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601 Court
Truancy Diversion Court
SARB
S.A.R.B.
PYRAMID
Hearing & Contract
SART
Meeting & Written Agreement
3rd Notice: Habitual Truant
DOCUMENTED INTERVENTION
2nd Notice of Truancy
DOCUMENTED INTERVENTION
1st Notice w/ EC 48260 Required Language
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FRATERNAL TWINS
SART
SARB
– Site Level
– Smaller
– Less Formal
– Problem Solving
– Agreement
– District Level
– EC 48263
– Formal Hearing &
Tone
– Contract
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MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM (Potential Members)
SART
Site Level
Chair
Administrator
Counselor
School Nurse
Resource
Personnel
Classroom
Teacher
Law
Enforcement
County
Probation
SARB
District Level
Chair
School Nurse
Grade Level Reps District Child Welfare &
(Elementary,
Attendance Admin.
Middle, & High.) Community Agencies
Special Ed. Rep.
Law Enforcement
Alt. Ed. Rep.
Probation
Administrator
CPS
Counselor
CalWorks Rep.
School
Other
Psychologist
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EARLY WARNING SIGNS
Truancy often develops out of poor
attendance patterns in early grade
levels.
Soft Truancy & Chronic Absenteeism
frequently signals potential for school
dropout!
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WHAT SCHOOLS CAN DO
• Address the lack of connectedness kids
feel within school.
– CHKS Data
– What percentage of kids believe an adult in the school
genuinely cares about them?
• Support kids during transitions.
• Interventions to re-engage students in
schooling.
– “We Care About You Too Much to Let You Fail.”
– National Center for School Engagement
– http://www.schoolengagement.org/
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Sample Student Assistance
Menu of Services for Referral
Assessment Services
• School Services
• Special Needs
- Psychological
- Emotional
- Intellectual
- Health screening/
Healthy Start
- English Language
Proficiency Issues
• Outside Assessments
- Alcoholism & Other
Addictions
- Psychological
- Physical
Other Intervention
Services (Team
Processes)
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Formal Intervention
Student Study Team
Section 504 Team
School Attendance
Review Team (SART)
School Attendance
Review Board (SARB)
Crisis Intervention
Team
Other Truancy
Mediation Programs
Student Court
Disciplinary Options
• Partial Schedules
• Alternative Scheduling
• Saturday/Evening
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• In-School Suspension
• Suspension
• Involuntary transfer to
Continuation School
• Suspended Expulsion
• Expulsion
• Probation Referral
• Court Referral
• Law Enforcement
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Sample Student Assistance
Menu of Services for Referral (continued)
Educational (Skills) Component
• Insight
- Attention Deficit Disorder
Courses
- “Why Try” Program
Integrated Support Services
Positive Activities
• School Counseling
• Counseling Groups
• Crisis Debriefing
• Friday Night Live Clubs
• Club Live Clubs
• Youth to Youth
• Crisis Safe Rooms
• Friday Night Live Kids
• Student Support Groups
• Rites of Passage
• Twelve-Step Groups
• Ropes or “Survival” Courses
• Graffiti Clean-up Projects
- Self Injury prevention/intervention
• Peer Resource Services
(examples)
- assistance
- listening
- tutoring
- buddy systems
- adult mentorship
- Reading/Math Intervention
• Community Agency
• Community-Based Youth
- Crisis Intervention
• Treatment/Support Groups
- Suicide intervention
• Parent/Family Support
Groups
- Alcohol and other drug use
- Disease/Disability Management Courses
- Coping Skills
- Assertiveness Training
- Conflict/Anger
Management Training
- Bullying Intervention Courses
- Teen Parenting Classes
- Reading Recovery
- Mini-Town/Anytown
Retreats/ Cultural Sensitivity/Acceptance/
Celebration courses
• Restorative Justice Programs
• Community Service
• Midnight Basketball
• Personal Best Physical Fit1ness
• Development Activities
• Healthy Start
• Adult Mentorship
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DROPOUT PREVENTION
Kids NEVER Dropout of
School All at Once.
The
SARB
Process
Provides
a
They Just Fade Away…
Framework for Effective
Dropout Prevention.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Bob Mueller
Director
Student Attendance, Safety & Well-Being
Student Support Services
San Diego County Office of Education
(858) 292-3786
bmueller@sdcoe.net
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