A comprehensive Approach to Improving Student Attendance in Los Angeles County a report from the School Attendance Task Force
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to Improving Student Attendance in Los Angeles County A Report from the School Attendance Task Force (Originally Convened as the Truancy Task Force) A Project of the Los Angeles County Education Coordinating Council January 2012 Table of ContentsTable of Contents i List of Tables iii List of Figures iii School Attendance Task Force Members iv Introduction 1 Background 2 Key Definitions 2 Legal Definitions 2 Definitions from Social Science Research 3 Key Facts 3 Legal Framework 4 Statutes that Criminalize Truancy 4 School Attendance Review Boards and Truancy Mediation 4 Daytime Curfew Ordinances 5 Efforts to Move from Criminalization to Prevention- and Research-Based Alternatives 7 Historic Opportunity to Implement a Research-Based, Comprehensive Approach: the Countywide School Attendance Task Force 10 Task Force Findings Related to Emerging, Effective Research-Based Alternatives 12 Research Summary 12 Data Collection/Analysis System and an Assessment Process for Students with Attendance Issues 12 Parental Involvement 13 Broad School-Based Interventions 13 Mental Health Treatment Paired With Parent Training and School/Family Communication 14 National Best Practice Models: Alhambra and Baltimore 14 Alhambra Unified School District 14 Baltimore City Schools 19 Task Force Recommendations 24 Countywide 24 Schools 24 Juvenile Court 29 Law Enforcement 31 Municipalities 32 Parents, Guardians, and Caregivers 33 Communities 33 Conclusion 35 Los Angeles Police Department 40 Los Angeles School Police Department 44 Three-Tiered Attendance Intervention Model 51 Discipline Foundation Policy School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Program 52 September 20, 2010 53 December 1, 2010 54 February 7, 2011 55 March 2, 2011 55 April 4, 2011 56 May 2, 2011 57 June 6, 2011 58 August 9, 2011 59 August 23, 2011 60 September 13, 2011 60 Parent University 63 Incredible Years 64
List of TablesTable 1. Alhambra Unified School District Disciplinary Exclusions 18 List of FiguresFigure 1. Alhambra Unified School District Gateway to Success Behavioral Pyramid 15 Figure 2. Baltimore City Schools Discipline Code 21 Figure 3. Baltimore City Schools Decreases in Absences and Suspensions 22
School Attendance Task Force MembersChair Michael Nash, Presiding Judge, Juvenile Court Staff Sharon Watson, Education Coordinating Council Juvenile Court Donna Groman, Supervising Judge, Delinquency Court Margaret Henry, Supervising Judge, Dependency Court Jack Furay, Supervising Referee, Informal Juvenile and Traffic Court Sherri Sobel, Co-Chair, Juvenile Court Education Committee and Referee, Dependency Court
Trish Ploehn, Director, Service Integration Branch Vincent Holmes, Gang Prevention Initiative
Tony Cárdenas, Los Angeles City Councilmember, Sixth District Michael de la Rocha, Office of Councilmember Tony Cárdenas
Manuel Criollo, Lead Organizer; Zoe Rawson, Attorney/Community Advocate, Community Rights Campaign and Public Counsel Keith Gibbs, Founder and CEO, Sarges Community Base Susan Lee, Director of Urban Peace, The Advancement Project Michelle Newell, The Children’s Defense Fund Miller Sylvan, Regional Director, Attendance Improvement Management Eugenia Wilson, Program Director, Living Advantage
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