Utah Admin. Code R277-607-1 - Authority, Purpose, and Oversight Category
(1) This rule is authorized by:
(a) Utah Constitution Article X, Section 3,
which vests general control and supervision over public education in the
Board;
(b) Subsection
53E-3-401(4),
which allows the Board to make rules to execute the Board's duties and
responsibilities under the Utah Constitution and state; and
(c) Section
53G-6-206, which:
(i) describes the duties of an LEA governing
board in making efforts in promoting regular attendance and resolving school
absenteeism and truancy issues for each school-age child who is, or should be,
enrolled in the LEA;
(ii) does not
impose civil liability on the Board and LEA governing board or their employees;
and
(iii) requires each LEA to
annually report data on absences with or without a valid excuse to the state
board.
(d) Section
53G-9-804, which requires the
Board to make rules requiring LEAs to enact chronic absenteeism prevention and
intervention policies.
(2) The purpose of this rule is to direct an
LEA to create a policy, which:
(a) defines
attendance expectations;
(b)
provides interventions and resources;
(c) delineates consequences consistent with
state law; and
(d) provides an
appeals process.
(3) An
LEA described in Subsection
53G-9-802(5) is
exempt from providing dropout recovery services as described in Subsection
53G-9-802(3).
(4) This Rule R277-607 is categorized as
Category 2 as described in Rule R277-111.
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