June Attendance Newsletter

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Wed. June 5 Webinar: Updated Guidance on Withdrawing Students
Attendance & Reengagement Lessons Learned Series Recording
Truancy Supports Funding 2023-24
Walking School Bus in Tacoma
Start Attendance Planning for the 2024-2025 School Year
Update Your District's Absenteeism and Truancy Liaison Info
Attendance Awareness Materials for Next School Year
Save the Date: 2024 BECCA Conference
Attendance Community of Practice
Resources/Articles
Questions on Attendance?

Wed. June 5 Webinar: Updated Guidance on Withdrawing Students

Updated Guidance on Withdrawing Students Ad

This webinar will review and clarify the new updated 2024-2025 CEDARS Guidance on withdrawing students. OSPI’s Attendance, Student Information, and Apportionment teams will be providing revised guidance on withdrawals due to non-attendance. Updates include how to report students that do not attend at the beginning of the school year.

Register Here

Attendance & Reengagement Lessons Learned Series Recording

Did you miss both sessions of the OSPI/ESD Attendance & Reengagement Lessons Learned Series? Both recordings are now available on the OSPI Attendance & Truancy YouTube channel.

Session 1: Lessons Learned from Reengagement Specialists Recording
Session 2: Lessons Learned from Attendance Systems Recording

Click here for the OSPI Attendance & Truancy YouTube Channel

Truancy Supports Funding 2023-24

School districts do not need to submit an end of year form to OSPI with the number of truancy petitions filed.

Districts will receive similar allocations as the previous school year (2022–23), which were based on average truancy petitions filed in school years 2018 and 2019.

The allocation amounts for each school district will be found at the Apportionment Attachments webpage.

The 2023–24 appropriation expires on June 30th; therefore, the money must be used for efforts that occur/ed June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024, and will be distributed with June’s apportionment payments.

A bulletin on this topic will be published soon.

Please contact the Attendance Inbox at attendance@k12.wa.us or Melissa Jarmon at melissa.jarmon@k12.wa.us.

Walking School Bus in Tacoma

The wheels on this school bus don't always go round and round. In fact, sometimes there are no wheels! Tacoma Public Schools partnered with the City of Tacoma's Safe Routes to School program and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department to develop a walking school bus that helps get students to and from school.

Start Attendance Planning for the 2024-2025 School Year

Get started on your attendance planning for next year with these resources:

District Attendance Team Yearly Planning Calendar

This comprehensive calendar is designed to ensure attendance becomes an integral part of school success

School Attendance Self-Assessment

Use this self-assessment to evaluate your school’s current attendance practices and identify priority areas of focus.

Learn from Wapato's Attendance Journey

Read how one district, Wapato, started their journey on attendance, including which data they looked at and what were their first steps.

Update Your District's Absenteeism and Truancy Liaison Info

All school districts are required to designate and identify a person or persons to coordinate school district efforts to address excessive absenteeism and truancy to the OSPI (RCW 28A.225.026).

If your district is transitioning these duties to a new person for the 2024-25 school year, please update your district’s liaison information on OSPI's District Truancy Liaison Website.

Attendance Awareness Materials for Next School Year

Regular attendance begins with the awareness that attendance is essential for student success. Check out these resources and campaigns to boost your school or district's positive messaging about the power of attendance for student engagement and success.

Attendance Works National Campaign

Attendance Works supports the national Attendance Awareness Campaign each year.

The 2024 Attendance Works Awareness Campaign theme is Be Present, be Powerful!

Find many resources and ideas on their website.

Washington Attendance Awareness Resources

You can find Washington specific resources, including editable templates and social media messages, along with other awareness materials on the OSPI Attendance Awareness webpage.

School Examples of Attendance Challenges

OSPI Attendance Awareness Webpage

Save the Date: 2024 BECCA Conference

Becca Conference 2024 will be the 21st annual professional learning opportunity for experts representing education, justice, and community in Washington State.

When: November 7-8th.

Where: Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA.

Interested in becoming a presenter? Submit a presentation proposal!

Register to attend now!

Attendance Community of Practice

The last Attendance Community of Practice will be open for office hours.

Join us to ask any questions on attendance as we close this school year out.

Final session is Wednesday, June 5th at 1:30 pm

Register here

Resources/Articles

EducationWeek features Tacoma Public Schools Attendance & Reengagement initiatives in the following articles:
- 'A Universal Prevention Measure' That Boots Attendance and Improves Behavior
- 4 Case Studies: Schools Use Connections to Give Every Student a Reason to Attend
The White House Everyday Counts Summit: Addressing Chronic Absenteeism and Increasing Student Engagement YouTube Recording
The National Institute of Mental Health: Recruitment & Compensation for youth and Parents for Mobile App Study. Click here to learn more.
News to consider: Click here to subscribe to the OSPI Youth Engagement Newsletter.

Questions on Attendance?

Email the Attendance team for support with your questions at Attendance@k12.wa.us.

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