• JEE: Missing and Absent Students

    Policy

    The Board believes in the importance of decreasing the number of missing children. Therefore, the District makes efforts to identify missing children and notify the proper adults or agencies.

    Enrollment requires the student and parent or guardian to present an official copy of a birth certificate and copies of records from their most recent school. In place of a birth certificate, documentation may include:

    • A passport or attested transcript thereof filed with a registrar of passports at a point of entry of the United States showing the date and place of the child’s birth
    • An attested transcript of the certificate of birth
    • An attested transcript of the certificate of baptism or other religious record showing the date and place of the child’s birth
    • An attested transcript of a hospital record showing the date and place of the child’s birth
    • A birth affidavit.

    If the student does not present copies of the required documents, the principal calls the student’s previous school and requests the information. If that district has no record on file of the student or does not send the documents within a reasonable time, the principal notifies the police department with jurisdiction in the area where the student resides of the possibility that the student might be a missing child.

    The primary responsibility for supervision of a student resides with their parent or guardian. The staff provides as much reasonable assistance to parents or guardians with this responsibility.

    The Chief Executive Officer or designee develops informational programs for students, parents, and community members on missing children.

    History

    • Adopted: October 4, 2001
    • Amended: June 28, 2022

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