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Students |
5113.2-AR |
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD
(SARB)
A.
Purpose and
Scope
To make an effort to better meet the needs of students, especially those with attendance and behavior problems
B.
General
SARB is an alternative to juvenile court in resolving truancy and behavior problems.
The members of the SARB are those individuals who represent the community and the school district in attempting to bring about positive changes in student behavior.
The
C.
Forms Used
and Additional References
1.
County office
attendance referral form
2.
County office
attendance referral form to SARB
3.
County office
monthly attendance report
4.
Placentia-Yorba
Linda Unified School District student/parent attendance contract
5.
Letter to
parents from school of residence after first attendance referral to
district office
6.
Letter to
parents from school of residence after second attendance referral to
district office
7.
Letter to
parents from the district office after third attendance referral
requesting their presence at a SARB hearing.
D.
Procedure
1.
Referral
Process
a.
Eligible for
Referral
Any person under the age of the age of 18 years who
might benefit from the services offered by SARB, and who is not now on
probation, and who is in the physical jurisdiction of the
b.
Referring
Party
A person described in 1-A may be referred to SARB
by: the local school district, the
c.
Condition of
Referral
Prior to referral to SARB, the referring party must have made reasonable efforts to resolve the inappropriate behavior, which should include evidence of work with the person described and/or with the parents or guardians, and contact with any school and/or governmental agency known to be officially involved with the student.
d.
Information
relevant to the referral must be submitted in writing or presented at the SARB
hearing. This information, and any other, should include the following:
1)
Permanent
Record Card/Transcript
2)
Record of
Attendance
3)
Teacher
Comments to include current grades
4)
Counselor/Psychologist
a)
Assessment of
the problem
b)
Efforts to
resolve
c)
Progress to
date
5)
School
Administrator
a)
Assessment of
the problem
b)
Efforts to
resolve
c)
Progress to
date
e.
Screening
Each written referral will be reviewed by the Child Welfare and Attendance Supervisor and/or the Director of Pupil Services. If the referral is complete and appropriate, the matter will be placed on the SARB agenda, the referring party, parents and/or guardians will be notified of the date, time and place of the SARB meeting at which the referral will be considered. SARB meetings will be held in closed sessions.
2.
Scope of SARB
a.
SARB will
consider all information submitted in writing or in person by the referring
party, the student, the parents, the guardians, or any officially involved
agencies.
b.
After careful
consideration of each referred case, SARB will:
1)
Refer the
student and parents/guardians to an appropriate community resource for help in
resolving the problem and draw up a contract with student and parent/guardian
regarding cooperation with that community agency
OR
2)
Determine that
referral to a community resource is not appropriate. In that event, the case
will be returned to the referring agency with a SARB contract with student and
parent/guardian.
OR
3)
Determine that
referral to Juvenile Court is appropriate and recommend filing of application
for petition.
c.
A progress
report on each case accepted for action by SARB will be made by the referring
party within 30 days after SARB has heard the case. SARB will request a
progress report from the agency to which the student has been referred. Upon
request of the progress report, SARB will:
1)
Find that the
problem has been resolved or is progressing toward resolution, and terminate
its involvement in the matter
OR
2)
Request a
further progress report within another 30 days
OR
3)
Find that the
student is failing to cooperate in a plan for resolution of the problem, or
that available local resources are inappropriate or insufficient to resolve the
problem, and refer the student back to the referring agency or to the Probation
Department.
d.
SARB will
identify service needs within its local community, make these needs known to
the
e.
Letters to
parents will be mailed after the first and second school referral.
E.
The SARB Board
is scheduled to meet regularly depending on the case load. Meetings will take
place at the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District Office. The
referring school administrator and parent will be asked to attend as well as
the student.
F.
Reports
Required
Refer to Section C
of this administrative regulation
G.
Record
Retention
Records shall be kept by all legally concerned agencies until the student's senior high graduation year has passed, then destroyed
H.
Responsible
Administrative Unit
Educational
Services Division
I.
Approved by:
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Ron Raya |
12/80 |
Keith T. Larick |
12/80 |
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Responsible Division Head |
Date |
Superintendent |
Date |