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Findings and Recommendations
4 findings
The Web sites of the following school districts provide an inadequate treatment of attendance matters and lack explicit expectations for students' attendance.
Related Recommendations (1)
Each of the following school districts improve their respective Web sites with an enhanced treatment of attendance matters. Response As a result of this finding, the N-MUSD website has added the following text: Regular, punctual, and full-day attendance is an important prerequisite for a student to make reasonable academic progress. State law mandates daily attendance at school until the age of eighteen and places the primary responsibility for student attendance with the parent or guardian. No pupil is permitted to leave school at any time before the regular hour of closing without the approval of the school principal or designee. Students must have an approved off-campus permit on file to leave the school grounds during the lunch period. For further details regarding student attendance, you may access the following link for the Newport-Mesa Unified School District's Board Policy/Rule and Regulation 4130: Student Attendance and Release from School.
In 2002-03, only 10 of the 27 school districts were represented on the County (Department of Education) SAR Board. In 2003-04, that number has increased by one to 11. Membership on the County SAR Board is open to all County school districts, and all school districts, - even those without SAR Boards, - would benefit by their participation.
Related Recommendations (1)
The Orange County Superintendent of Schools/Department of Education strongly encourage each of the school districts in Orange County... to appoint a representative to the County SAR Board and to participate more fully in County SAR Board activities. Response The Newport-Mesa Unified School District will send a representative to the Orange County SAR Board meetings for school year 2004-05. \sim \sim \sim \sim
School districts that limit or curtail their participation on the County SAR Board because of budgetary constraints may not be aware of the opportunity for reimbursement, through State or Federal funding, afforded by Education Code §48323.
No recommendations for this finding
Periodic training of school administrators in preparing SARB-referral documentation packages would be beneficial.
No recommendations for this finding
