Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Education
 
Board
State Board of Education
 
chapter
Regulations Governing Unexcused Absences and Truancy [8 VAC 20 ‑ 730]
Action New regulations to govern the collection and reporting of truancy -related data and provide guidance on school attendance policy
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 4/1/2012
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2/3/12  2:25 pm
Commenter: John Butcher

This is an important regulation; the Board has botched it.
 

My comments are here.

My comments are linked rather than posted here because of the primitive Town Hall software.  The Town Hall allows State agencies, the Attorney General, and the Governor to upload documents.  We mere citizens, however, must type our comments into a little box. 

When I sent them my comments as a pdf, they told me that "We currently cannot post pdfs to the website under comments."

Let's hope they are embarrassed by this incompetence.

CommentID: 21912
 

3/8/12  10:55 am
Commenter: Dr. Kitty Boitnott, Virginia Education Association

The VEA supports the proposed regulations
 

The VEA supports these proposed regulations. It is in the best interest of students and schools to collect and track information related to truancy. Early, effective intervention at the school level is crucial to student success, and any efforts to coordinate and systematize these interventions is a positive step.


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