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Truancy Intervention Team
The focus of PACT is to aid students and their families in re-establishing regular attendance, normal school habits, and academic success. Students with attendance problems are eligible for participation in the Partners Against Chronic Truancy Program. Members of the PACT team include all key stakeholders in the area and have primary responsibilities for servicing the youth in the region. The collaborative efforts between the ROE, local school districts, the alternative school administration, and government and social service agencies have a historical pattern that is both strong and significant, which has led to many past student successes. Each member of the PACT Team knows community support and collaboration is the key to a student’s academic, social, emotional, and personal successes. With that in mind, the group developed a comprehensive approach that will ensure students have more equitable access to education by creating optional education opportunities as well as truancy prevention and intervention services.
If attendance does not improve following intervention services provided first by the school and subsequently the PACT Team, the student may be subject to truancy proceedings initiated by the Regional Office of Education. These proceedings can include referral to the court system.
Truancy Forms
Please note: Truancy Referral Form
A successful submission will be confirmed by an acknowledgment screen. If you do not see this screen, your Truancy Referral may not have been submitted successfully. In such cases, please ensure to contact the ROE #21 main office for assistance from the truancy team.
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What to Expect if your Child is in Truancy
Once a student has been identified by school personnel as truant by demonstrating repeated unexcused absences and failing to respond to local intervention efforts (home visits, counselor conferences, parent communication, etc.) the school district will complete the Truancy Referral Form and submit to the Regional Office of Education #21 PACT Team.
The school MUST send the required data (attendance, interventions, credits, and other relevant information).
The ROE 21 Truancy Interventionist will generate a truancy letter and send it to the school and family.
