Texas School Procedures Q&A for Attendance:
A district may take this newsletter and use it in a workshop session for principals and assistant principals to increase knowledge and consistency across campuses in addressing attendance laws, requirements, and best practice in increasing attendance and decreasing truancy.
- Is there a requirement in the state of Texas to write a Campus Attendance Improvement Plan? Answer
- What are the compulsory attendance laws for students in Texas and are there forms that should be completed for certain absences? Answer
- What if a student doesn’t show up or stops attending school? Answer
- What if a student refuses to come to school? Answer
- Is there really anything that a campus can do to get parents to come to school and speak to parents about real consequences, whether the absences are excused or unexcused?Answer #1 and Answer #2
- How do I reach out to parents and what do I say to enlist support to get their students to school and on time? Answer
- And finally, is handling unexcused absences a different process? Answer
- Does TxSP provide any suggestions for a program to provide for Tier 2 or Tier 3 students? Answer
