Truancy and Attendance Compliance

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The Social Work Department at GCHS is responsible for overseeing truancy tasks and ensuring compliance with Florida statutes governing attendance. Our focus is on supporting students and families in addressing attendance challenges before they escalate into truancy issues.

Truancy Tasks:

Monitoring student attendance and identifying patterns of absenteeism.
Intervening early by contacting parents/guardians to discuss attendance concerns.
Developing attendance improvement plans with students and families.
Referring chronic absenteeism cases to appropriate agencies or legal authorities as required by law.

Florida Statutes Governing Attendance Compliance:

Florida Statute §1003.21: School attendance requirements; exemptions.

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=1000-1099/1003/Sections/1003.21.html

Florida Statute §1003.24: Parents’ responsibility for attendance of children; attendance policies; reporting.

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=1000-1099/1003/Sections/1003.24.html

Florida Statute §1003.26: Enforcement of school attendance; public school child welfare; reporting and referral process.

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=1000-1099/1003/Sections/1003.26.html

For more detailed information on Florida's attendance laws, visit the Florida Department of Education’s Attendance Information at

http://www.fldoe.org/schools/family-community/activities-programs/attendance.stml