2016 - 2017 School Attendance Policy
ABSENCES
Alliance Renee and Meyer Luskin Academy High School students must attend school every day and arrive on time to all classes. Any absence or tardy must be verified with a valid note.
Valid Absences Include:
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Reason of Absence |
Validation |
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Illness |
Signed Dr’s Note |
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Medical/Dental Appointment |
Signed Dr’s Note |
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Exclusion from school (Suspension) |
Verification from school administration |
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Funeral (Immediate family) |
*Time allowed: 1day in state, 3days out of state |
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Personal (court, religious, etc) |
*Must be approved by administration 2days prior |
Student with 10 unexcused absences will be referred to the Student Attendance Review Board (SARB). Regardless of whether an absence is excused or unexcused, parents and guardians must notify Luskin Academy of the absence. Students must clear their absence the morning of their return with the Attendance Clerk.
TARDY POLICY
A student is considered tardy when he/she is not in their assigned seat when the 7:45 bell rings. All tardy students must serve an hour of detention the day of their tardy. Students who do not attend mandatory detention will have a parent conference with the counselor on the following day. Students with excessive tardies will be placed on an attendance contract.
The law provides schools and school districts with discretion regarding student penalties for truancy as long as they are consistent with state law. The penalties for truancy for students defined in:
A. EC Section 48264.5 become progressively severe from the first the time a truancy report is required through the fourth time a truancy report is required. The EC Section regarding penalties for students who are truant reads as follows:
B. EC Section 48264.5: Any minor who is required to be reported as a truant pursuant to Section 48260 or 48261 may be required to attend makeup classes(a) The first time a truancy report is required, the pupil may be personally given a written warning by any peace officer specified in Section 830.1 of the Penal Code. A record of written warning may be kept at the school for a period of not less than two years, or until the pupil graduates or transfers, from that school. If the pupil transfers, the record may be forwarded to any school receiving the pupil's school records. A record of the written warning may be maintained by the law enforcement agency in accordance with that law enforcement agency's policies and procedures.
(b) The second time a truancy report is required within the same school year, the pupil may be assigned by the school to an after school or weekend study program located within the same county as the pupil's school. If the pupil fails to successfully complete the assigned study program, the pupil shall be subject to subdivision
(c) The third time a truancy report is required within the same school year, the pupil shall be classified a habitual truant, as defined in Section 48262, and may be referred to and required to attend, an attendance review board or a truancy mediation program pursuant to Section 48263 or pursuant to Section 601.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. If the district does not have a truancy mediation program, the pupil may be required to attend a comparable program deemed acceptable by the school district's attendance supervisor. If the pupil does not successfully complete the truancy mediation program or other similar program, the pupil shall be subject to subdivision.
(d)
The
fourth time a truancy is required to be reported within the same school year,
the pupil shall be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court which may
adjudge the pupil to be a ward of the court pursuant to Section 601 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. If the pupil is
adjudged a ward of the juvenile court, the pupil shall be required to do one or
more of the following:
(1) Performance at court-approved community services sponsored by either a
public or private nonprofit agency for not less than 20 hours but not more than
40 hours over a period not to exceed 90 days, during a time other than the
pupil's hours of school attendance or employment. The probation officer shall
report to the court the failure to comply with this paragraph.
(2) Payment of a fine by the pupil of not more than one hundred dollars ($100)
for which a parent or guardian of the pupil may be jointly liable.
(3) Attendance of a court-approved truancy prevention program.
(4) Suspension or revocation of driving privileges pursuant to Section 13202.7
of the Vehicle Code. This subdivision
shall apply only to a pupil who has attended a school attendance review board
program, or a truancy mediation program pursuant to subdivision (c).
Penalties against parents apply when any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any student fails to compel the student to attend school. The penalties against parents in EC Section 48293 (a) become progressively severe with a second and third conviction. The EC Section regarding penalties for parents of a truant reads as follows:
EC Section 48293 (a): Any parent, guardian,
or other person having control or charge of any pupil who fails to comply with
this chapter, unless excused or exempted there from, is guilty of an infraction
and shall be punished as follows:
(1) Upon a first conviction, by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars
($100).
(2) Upon a second conviction, by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty
dollars ($250).
(3) Upon a third or subsequent conviction, if the person has willfully refused
to comply with this section, by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
($500). In lieu of the fines prescribed in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), the
court may order the person to be placed in a parent education and counseling
program.
EC Section 48293 (b): A judgment that a person convicted of an infraction be punished as prescribed in subdivision (a) may also provide for the payment of the fine within a specified time or in specified installments, or for participation in the program. A judgment granting a defendant time to pay the fine or prescribing the days of attendance in a program shall order that if the defendant fails to pay the fine, or any installment thereof, on the date it is due, he or she shall appear in court on that date for further proceedings. Willful violation of this order is punishable as contempt.
EC Section 48293 (c): The court may also order that the person convicted of the violation of subdivision (a) immediately enroll or re-enroll the pupil in the appropriate school or educational program and provide proof of enrollment to the court. Willful violation of an order under this subdivision is punishable as civil contempt with a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000). An order of contempt under this subdivision shall not include imprisonment.