When should an LEA exit (dis-enroll) a habitually truant student from its student information system and CALPADS?
LEAs must ensure that the following steps have been taken before exiting a truant student in CALPADS: When a pupil between the ages of 6 and 18 accumulates three absences more than 30 minutes without a valid excuse in one school year, the school district shall notify the pupil’s parent or guardian by the notice required in Education Code Section 48260.5. • After continued absences without a valid excuse following the notice, an appropriate district officer or employee shall make a conscientious effort to hold at least one conference with the parent or guardian and pupil as required in Education Code Section 48262. • If it appears upon investigation that any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the child is violating any of the provisions of California’s compulsory education law, then the case should be referred to a school attendance review board (SARB) pursuant to Education Code Section 48291. Once these steps have been taken and the student’s absences continu
