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MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A bid of warrants person been issued pursuing assorted cases of "student absenteeism" successful Merced County, contempt the schoolhouse districts' intervention, the Merced County District Attorney's Office said.
The DA announced connected Wednesday that galore School Attendance Review Board (SARB) warrants were released for parents oregon guardians of students who person failed to comply with California's compulsory acquisition laws aft "multiple documented interventions."
According to the county, these warrants were released to the guardians of students who person been "chronically absent," contempt the schoolhouse district's efforts to code the issue. A chronically absent pupil means they missed 10% oregon much schoolhouse days.
In Merced County, the complaint for chronically absent students for the 2023-2024 schoolhouse twelvemonth was 20.7%, which officials accidental is higher than the state's mean of 20.4%.
“Our bureau works archetypal and foremost connected involution and educating parents truthful that they recognize the important impacts of absenteeism,” said Merced County District Attorney Nicole Silveira. “However, if parents bash not comply with the process and disregard these efforts, they indispensable beryllium held accountable. Our students’ occurrence successful beingness depends connected that accountability.”
The DA's bureau says the process to code chronic absenteeism starts with "truancy notification letters" and past continues with a School Attendance Review Team Meeting, which is followed by a SARB meeting.
During the hearing, a ceremonial declaration outlining attendance requirements is signed by the genitor oregon guardian, the pupil and a schoolhouse official. Continued noncompliance with the declaration is considered a usurpation of California Education Code, Section 48293, per the DA. The case, then, is referred to the DA's Office for review.
During court, the suspect is fixed the accidental to amended their child's attendance and instrumentality an attendance consciousness class, perchance resulting successful the case's dismissal. But if the suspect does not amusement up to court, they mightiness person a warrant for their arrest.
