September 22, 2011 at 12:00 PM - Board of Education 2nd Monthly Meeting

Rationale:  If any board member is absent, there will need to be a  motion to excuse the absence.

Rationale:  Training on technology will be provided.

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New regulations for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) went into effect on March 15, 2011. The regulations require that public schools “modify its policies, practices, or procedures to permit the use of a service animal by an individual with a disability.”

Rationale:  LB 463 made another change in the truancy laws. The truancy policy is now required to include the following: The policy shall include a provision indicating how the school district and the county attorney will handle cases in which excessive absences are due to documented illness that makes attendance impossible or impracticable, and the policy shall state the number of absences or the hourly equivalent upon the occurrence of which the school shall render all services in its power to compel such child to attend some public, private, denominational, or parochial school, which the person having control of the child shall designate, in an attempt to address the problem of excessive absenteeism.

In response to this new requirement, our policy #501.04 adds the following under Section 6 – Reporting Excessive Absenteeism to the County Attorney: “When reporting excessive absenteeism, the attendance officer shall inform the county attorney whether the excessive absences are due to documented illnesses that make attendance impossible or impractical. This may be done by informing the County Attorney of either the number of absences due to such illnesses or that the attendance officer is of the opinion that prosecution is not warranted.”