By law, we are required to follow the truancy process outlined in in Ohio House Bill 410.

Here is a fact sheet about HB 410.

PROCESS TRIGGER
The truancy process is triggered if your student is absent from school without an excuse for

• 72 hours in 1 school year - known as Yearly Habitual Truancy

• 42 hours in one school month - known as Monthly Habitual Truancy

• 30 consecutive hours - known as Consecutive Habitual Truancy

Notification
If your student meets any of the above requirements, then the following will happen:

1. The Minford Local Schools Attendance Officer will notify the Scioto County Truant Officer in writing of the infraction.

2. The Scioto County Truant Officer will send you a letter that includes a date and time to meet with him and the Minford Local Schools Attendance Officer at Minford Local Schools for an Absence Intervention Team Meeting.

3. The Scioto County Truant Officer may visit your home in addition to or in lieu of the letter.

Absence Intervention Team Meeting
Here is what you can expect in the Absence Intervention Team Meeting:

1. You will be given a friendly greeting by the Minford Local Schools Attendance Officer who will introduce you to the Scioto County Truant Officer.

2. The reason for the meeting will be explained (which threshold the students crossed in unexcused hours - 72, 42 or 30).

3. We will verify your name, address and phone number.

4. The parents will be asked to provide reasons for the unexcused absences. Those reasons will be record at the bottom of the 1st page.

5. A plan will be put into place that will outline the next steps if unexcused absences persist. The plan will be written on the 2nd page.

6. The parents will be asked to sign the bottom of the 2nd page.

7. The meeting will conclude in a friendly manner.

Violation of Absence Intervention Team Plan

If a violation of the AIT Plan occurs (subsequent unexcused absences), then the following actions will take place:

1. The Minford Local Schools Attendance Officer will contact the Scioto County Truancy Office and request charges be filed against the student (if old enough) and the parents for Failure to Send.

2. The Scioto County Truant Officer will file the charges in Scioto County Juvenile Court.

3. The Scioto County Juvenile Court will accept or deny the charges. If accepted, the court will contact the parents in some fashion to advise of a court date.