Or. Admin. R. 581-020-0640 - Regional Consortia

(1) The Oregon Department of Education shall implement a regional consortia model for the purpose of reducing chronic absenteeism throughout the state.

(2) The regional consortia model implemented under this rule must use regional consortia to provide regional support to school districts identified under OAR 581-020-0636 as having a high rate of chronic absenteeism that are located in the geographic area governed by the regional consortium.

(3) Each regional consortium must:

(a) Have a regional governance structure;

(b) Use a regional coordinator to establish communications between the department and school districts that are members of the consortium;

(c) Disseminate to school districts that are members of the consortium information developed by the department related to best practices for reducing chronic absenteeism;

(d) Conduct activities to reduce chronic absenteeism;

(e) Develop plans to reduce chronic absenteeism in conjunction with school districts that are members of the consortium, and with the timely and meaningful involvement of stakeholders;

(f) Provide school districts that are members of the consortium with available resources for the purposes of participating in activities conducted under this rule and implementing plans developed under this rule;

(g) Collect data from school districts that are members of the consortium on the effectiveness of activities conducted under this rule and plans developed under this rule; and

(h) Provide data collected under this rule to the department.

(4) In fulfilling its duties under this section, a school district must:

(a) Consider the root causes of chronic absenteeism;

(b) Identify student populations disproportionately affected by chronic absenteeism;

(c) Include stakeholders when developing a plan pursuant to subsection (3)(e) of this rule; and

(d) Include stakeholders when implementing and evaluating the plan developed pursuant to subsection (3)(e) of this rule.

(5) Plans developed pursuant to subsection (3)(e) of this rule must:

(a) Target the circumstances or beliefs identified as causing chronic absenteeism, including any barrier to attending school, aversion to attending school, misconception concerning school, or disengagement from school;

(b) Account for student populations disproportionately affected by chronic absenteeism;

(c) Be equitable and inclusive in their application to those student populations;

(d) Be culturally responsive; and

(e) Be trauma sensitive.

Notes

Or. Admin. R. 581-020-0640

ODE 8-2019, adopt filed 02/06/2019, effective 2/6/2019

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 326.051

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 326.051