Regulation .03 Administrative Procedures — Truancy Rates.
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A.
Upon receipt of notification from the Department that a school's habitual truancy rate exceeds the standard specified in §B of this regulation, the local school superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall direct the principal of the school to implement:
(1)
A PBIS; or
(2)
An alternative behavior modification program developed in collaboration with the Department.
B.
A school is subject to this regulation if it has a truancy rate that exceeds:
(1)
8 percent of its enrollment for the 2008—2009 school year;
(2)
6 percent of its enrollment for the 2009—2010 school year;
(3)
4 percent of its enrollment for the 2010—2011 school year;
(4)
2 percent of its enrollment for the 2011—2012 school year; and
(5)
1 percent of its enrollment for the 2012—2013 school year and each school year thereafter.
C.
The school principal or the principal's designee and appropriate staff members shall:
(1)
Develop a plan for implementing a program as set forth in §A of this regulation;
(2)
Attend PBIS or alternative behavior modification training program approved by the Department; and
(3)
Follow implementation guidelines and practices for PBIS or the alternative behavior modification training program.
D.
A school shall expand its existing PBIS or alternative behavior modification program by providing more intensive interventions to targeted students in need of such interventions if:
(1)
The school has already implemented a PBIS or an alternative behavior modification program; and
(2)
The school has a truancy rate that exceeds the standard specified in §B of this regulation.
E.
Nothing in this regulation precludes a school system from implementing PBIS or an alternative behavioral modification program either in specific schools or system-wide.