1. Attendance Awareness 2019-2020
WALKER COUNTY SCHOOLS
Attendance Awareness
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2. Increases job opportunities Increase career pay
STUDENT ATTENDANCE
Increases job opportunities
Increase career pay
Improves overall outcome of life in later years
Increases self- confidence
Increases graduation chances
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3. VIOLATION OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY (ALABAMA CODE SECTION 16-28-12)
DON’T END UP HERE
VIOLATION OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY (ALABAMA CODE SECTION )
 Each parent, guardian, or other person having control or custody of any child required to attend school or receive regular instruction by a private tutor who fails to have the child enrolled in school or who fails to send the child to school, or have him or her instructed by a private tutor during the time the child is required to attend a public school, private school, church school, denominational school, or parochial school, or be instructed by a private tutor, or fails to require the child to regularly attend the school or tutor, or fails to compel the child to properly conduct himself or herself as a pupil in any public school in accordance with the written policy on school behavior adopted by the local board of education pursuant to this section and documented by the appropriate school official which conduct may result in the suspension of the pupil, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than 90 days. The absence of a child without the consent of the principal teacher of the public school he or she attends or should attend, or of the tutor who instructs or should instruct the child, shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this section.
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4. WALKER COUNTY SCHOOLS ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES
NEW CHANGES EFFECTIVE SCHOOL YEAR
Two (2) unexcused absences result in a warning letter.
Five(5) unexcused absences results in a mandatory Early Warning Attendance Hearing at the Courthouse Annex Juvenile Court Office
Seven (7) unexcused absences results in referral to Truancy with a required Multi-Agency Meeting at the Juvenile Court Office in the Courthouse Annex.
Eight (8) unexcused absences results in a misdemeanor warrant issued for the arrest of the parent due to Violation of Parental Responsibility (Alabama Code Section ). (Read definition in previous slide.)
Students ages with more than ten (10) consecutive absences or fifteen (15) accumulated absences in one semester WILL have their license suspended according to Alabama Code

5. Attendance Reduces Graduation Rate Grade 9 Statistics In One Year
Absences Chance of Graduating on Time % % % % % % % %

6. GET HELP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
We have resources available.
Contact:
Rhonda Davidson, Walker County Schools Attendance Coordinator at
Misty Whisenhunt, Walker County Schools Mental Health Coordinator at
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