SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE ADOPTION
RULE TITLE: Violation of Attendance Requirements for the Learnfare Program. RULE NUMBER: Policy 5.094. PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update the Policy on reporting violations of attendance requirements for the Learnfare program to the Department of Children and Families. SUMMARY: Revises the Policy to reflect current law and to facilitate having cooperative agreements with the Department of Children and Families pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 414.1251(3), to assist DCF with tracking students with habitual truancy or who have dropped out of school without good cause, or whose parent/guardian has not attended a school conference each semester as required by F.A.C. r. 65A-4.2131. SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 230.22(2); 230.23005(6), Fla. Stat. LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 228.041(28), (29); 228.093(3)(d); 232.01; 414.1251, Fla. Stat. SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (IF ONE HAS BEEN PREPARED): None. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so in writing within 21 days of the publication of this Notice. TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE: Is available from the District's web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm. CONTACT PERSON: Ron Armstrong or Jim Woolridge, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406. PERSON ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED REVISION: Randall Burks. SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Art Johnson. DATE PROPOSED RULE WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: September 30, 2002. PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT WAS PUBLISHED: September 23, 2002, in The Palm Beach Post. RULE HEARING INFORMATION: Adoption of the proposed Policy is anticipated to be considered at the Board's Special Meeting on Policies on December 2, 2002 in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The meeting is open to the public.