No student over the compulsory attendance age in the district shall be dropped from enrollment unless he/she has been absent 20 consecutive school days and the following procedure is complied with.
The Building Principal shall schedule and notify, in writing and at the last known address, both the student and the person in parental relation to the student, of an informal conference. At the conference, the Principal shall determine both the reasons for the student’s absence and whether reasonable changes in the student’s educational program would encourage and facilitate his or her re-entry of continuance of study. The student and the person in parental relation shall be informed orally and in writing of the student’s right to re-enroll at any time in the public school maintained in the district where he/she resides, if otherwise qualified under this section.
If the student and the person in parental relationship fail, after reasonable notice, to attend the informal conference, the Principal may recommend to the Superintendent of Schools that the student be dropped from enrollment. If the Superintendent drops the student from enrollment, the letter must indicate that the student and the person in parental relation has the right to re-enter at any time, if otherwise qualified under section 3202 of the Education Law.
Ref:
- Education Law, §3202
Adoption date: May 27, 1997
Reviewed: May 22, 2017