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Education and Early Childhood Learning

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Safe and Caring Schools: A Policy Directive and Action Plan to Enhance Student Presence and Engagement

School Attendance

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  1. The Right to Attend:
    Article 258 – School attendance
  2. The Requirement to Attend:
    Article 259(1) – Requirement to attend school
    Article 260(1) – Responsibility to send child to school
  3. The Role of the Student:
    Article 58.10 – Responsibilities of students
  4. Attendance for students over 18:
    Article 260(3) – Students over 18 years of age
  5. Duties of Teachers:
    Article 96(1) – Duties of teacher
  6. Exemption from Liability (regarding attendance):
    Article 262 – Exemption from liability
  7. Truant Officer:
    Article 264(3) – School board shall make rules
    Article 264(2) – Jurisdiction of school attendance officer
  8. Reporting of Student Absence:
    Article 266(1) – Teacher to report absence
    Article 266(2) – Principal to report absence
    Article 266(4) – Report to local school attendance officer
    Article 266(5) – Regulations: reporting absences
  9. Duties of the Attendance Officer:
    Article 267(1) – Right to enter
    Article 267(2) – Authority to conduct absent child to school
    Article 268.1 – Notice to parents
  10. Attendance Officer Right to Access Records:
    Article 269 – Access to records
  11. Legal Procedures:
    Article 18 – The Statute Law Amendment Act
  12. Learning to 18 Regulation:
    Regulation 139/2011 Activities and Programs – Learning to Age 18 Regulation
  13. Appropriate Educational Programming:
    Regulation 155/2005 Appropriate Educational Programming Regulation
  14. School Days, Hours and Vacations:
    Regulation 101/95 School Days, Hours and Vacations Regulation
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