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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 13A.08.06.03" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="06" heading="Administrative Procedures — Truancy Rates.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>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:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A PBIS; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An alternative behavior modification program developed in collaboration with the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A school is subject to this regulation if it has a truancy rate that exceeds:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>8 percent of its enrollment for the 2008—2009 school year;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>6 percent of its enrollment for the 2009—2010 school year;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>4 percent of its enrollment for the 2010—2011 school year;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>2 percent of its enrollment for the 2011—2012 school year; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>1 percent of its enrollment for the 2012—2013 school year and each school year thereafter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The school principal or the principal's designee and appropriate staff members shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Develop a plan for implementing a program as set forth in §A of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Attend PBIS or alternative behavior modification training program approved by the Department; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Follow implementation guidelines and practices for PBIS or the alternative behavior modification training program.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>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:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The school has already implemented a PBIS or an alternative behavior modification program; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The school has a truancy rate that exceeds the standard specified in §B of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Nothing in this regulation precludes a school system from implementing PBIS or an alternative behavioral modification program either in specific schools or system-wide.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>