Or. Admin. R. 581-020-0631 - Definitions: Chronic Absenteeism

The following definitions apply to Oregon Administrative Rules 581-020-0631 through 581-020-0655:

(1) "Chronic absenteeism" means not attending school for 10 percent or more than 10 percent of school days that the student is enrolled in a school year.

(2) "Community-Based Organization" as defined in 581-017-0550(6).

(3) "Community Voice" means that members representing the community served by the program will be involved in co-constructing the project design, implementation, evaluation and/or providing strategic guidance in the final decision-making.

(4) "Culturally responsive" means the implicit recognition and incorporation of the cultural knowledge, experience, and ways of being and knowing of students in teaching, learning and assessment. This includes identifying, valuing, and maintaining high commitment to: students' cultural assets in instruction and assessment; diverse frames of reference that correspond to multifaceted cultural perspectives/experiences; and behaviors in the classroom that can differ from White-centered cultural views of what qualifies as achievement or success.

(5) "Culturally Specific Organization" means an organization that serves a particular cultural community and is primarily staffed and led by members of that community; these organizations demonstrate: intimate knowledge of lived experience of the community, including but not limited to the impact of structural and individual discrimination based on structural and individual racism or discrimination, gender identity and/or sexual orientation as well as other intersecting oppressions on the community; knowledge of specific disparities, barriers or challenges documented in the community and how that influences the structure of their program or service; commitment to the community's strength-based and self-driven thriving and resilience; ability to describe and adapt their services to the community's cultural practices, health and safety beliefs/practices, positive cultural identity/pride, religious beliefs, etc.

(6) "Education partners" includes students, parents, guardians, other family members, local governments, Community-Based Organizations, local businesses, culturally specific organizations, health care organizations and providers, public health agencies, transportation providers, and education based agencies and organizations.

(7) "Education Service District" as defined in ORS 334.013(1).

(8) "Focal student groups" means student groups as defined in 581-014-0001.

(9) "Indian Community-Based Organization" means any organization that (a) is composed primarily of Indian parents, family members, and community members, tribal government education officials, and tribal members, from a specific community; (b) assists in the social, cultural, and educational development of Indians in such community; and (c) meets the unique cultural, language, and academic needs of Indian students.

(10) "Rate of chronic absenteeism" means the percent of students who are chronically absent attending a school district or education institution.

(11) "Root causes of chronic absenteeism" include barriers to attending school, aversions to attending school, misconceptions about attendance and engagement, disengagement from school, and other circumstances or beliefs that cause a student to not attend school regularly.

(a) "Aversion to attending school" means the result of a circumstance that causes a student to avoid attending school, including but not limited to unsafe school conditions, bullying, or harassment or embarrassment resulting from a lack of culturally responsive teaching, a lack of appropriate accommodations for students experiencing disability, or inequitable discipline practices.

(b) "Barrier to attending school" means the result of a circumstance preventing a student from attending school, including but not limited to an illness, poor transportation, the need to work, the need to fulfill a family duty, or the need to fulfill an obligation for purposes related to juvenile justice.

(c) "Disengagement from school" means a circumstance that causes a student to become disconnected from school, including but not limited to a lack of meaningful relationship with any adults who work at the school or finding anything relevant to the student's life in school curriculum.

(d) "Misconception about attendance and engagement" means a misconception about the impact of missing school on student learning that causes a student to not attend school.

(12) "Partnership" as defined in 581-017-0693 (11).

(13) "Regional Support Participants" means school districts, charter schools, youth correctional education programs, juvenile detention education programs, long term care and treatment educational programs participating in the Regional Support Model.

(14) "Rural district" means a school district located in this state and in a city with a population of fewer than 2,500 people or in an unincorporated area. Rural areas consist of open countryside with population densities less than 500 people per square mile and places with fewer than 2,500 people, as determined by the US Census Bureau.

(15) "Student" means any youth enrolled in PreK through 12th grade; unenrolled youth in the PreK through 12th grade age range who have not yet been awarded a high school diploma; youth enrolled in high school completion or GED preparation programs; and youth enrolled in Adult Transition Services.

(16) "Suburban district" means a school district located in this state and in a city that is a suburb of Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, Medford, Portland, or Salem.

(17) "Town district" means a school district located in this state and in a city with a population of 2,500 or more people.

(18) "Trauma Informed Practice" and "Trauma-Informed Principles and Practices" refers to a strengths-based, person-centered framework that recognizes the physical, psychological, spiritual, and emotional impacts of trauma, and prioritizes creating safe spaces to promote healing. It recognizes and honors the inherent strengths, resilience and funds of knowledge within each person, and works to increase awareness of how these assets can be accessed, within the trusting spaces of human relationships, to promote healing and flourishing.

(19) "Tribal Nation" or "Tribe" as defined in 581-017-0675(10).

(20) "Urban district" means a school district located in Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, Medford, Portland, or Salem.

Notes

Or. Admin. R. 581-020-0631

ODE 8-2019, adopt filed 02/06/2019, effective 2/6/2019; ODE 138-2019, minor correction filed 09/10/2019, effective 9/10/2019; ODE 55-2022, amend filed 12/19/2022, effective 12/19/2022

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 326.051

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 326.051