This website is designed to provide all of your informational needs concerning attendance related issues. This includes access to the Attendance Issues Forum for discussion of any topic related to attendance. If you have questions for the State Attendance Officer use e-mail, the Forum, or write the Department of Education, ATTN: Attendance, at Room 229, State House, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798

Attendance Workshops - 2007

• Attendance Workshops - 2006

Model Truancy Prevention Programs of the American Bar Association

Truancy Reduction Tool Kit-US Department of Justice

Indiana Department of Education Policies

• Attendance and Immigration Status

 Law and Rule

• Indiana Register [A one stop shop for finding laws and rules in Indiana]
• Graduation Rate Determination
• Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment Act [Use of
  Surveys]
• Mandatory Syndromic Surveillance Report [Excessive Absences]
• Student Services Rule
• Article 7: Special Education
• Drivers License Law
• Compulsory School Attendance Law
• Rule of the Indiana State Board of Education on Compulsory Attendance
• Suspension, Expulsion, and Student Discipline
• Transfer and Transfer Tuition Law
• Rules of the Indiana State Board of Education
• Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
• Child Labor Law
• Homebound

 Court Cases

• Constitutionality of Attendance Policies
• Right to Make Educational Decisions: Divorced Parents
• Personal Notice

 Frequently Asked Questions

 Government Points of Contact

• Attendance Reports:
         Educational Information Systems: 317-232-0808
• Any Attendance Question
         State Attendance Officer: 317-232-9132
• Driver's License Law:
         BMV: 317-232-2843
• Exit Interviewing Process:
         State Attendance Officer: 317-232-9132
• GED: 317-233-0522
• Home School:
  317-232-9111
  homeschool@doe.in.gov
• Indiana Missing Children Clearinghouse
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Partnering to Prevent Truancy
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Truancy Prevention
• Records Management - Care of Indiana Public School
  Records
• Indiana Commission on Public Records
• State Board of Education:
         Administrator: 317-232-6622

 Related Department of Education Sections

• Homeless Children and Youth Information
         McKinney-Vento Homeless
• Habitual Truancy
  See page 11
• Home School Information
• Homeless Service Information
• Private School Information

 The Forum on Attendance [for discussion of issues]

 Important Web Links

• School Safety and FERPA New
• Dropout Recovery Project
• Consequences of Dropping Out of School
• Dropout Recovery Project
• Indiana DOE Student Test Number Website
  [NOTE:  THIS WEBSITE HAS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON ATTENDANCE REPORTING TO THE STATE]
• Forum Guide to Protecting the Privacy of Student Information
  • FERPA Toolkit
• Increasing School Attendance
• Sharing Information with Juvenile Justice Agencies
• Frequently Asked Questions About Section 504 [Office of Civil Rights]
• Family Policy Compliance Office
  United States Department of Education office responsible for questions on FERPA and the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment.
  See Hot Topics.
• Indiana Bureau of Child Labor
  Indiana government agency responsible for all child labor regulations, training and information.
• Indiana Judiciary Archive Search
  Indiana state court website. A website that can be used to search for court cases involving schools. See also the Legal Section link on this page.
• Accountability System for Academic Progress (ASAP), Indiana Department of Education
  Website devoted to school statistics and information, including attendance rate.
• Division of Educational Information Systems, Indiana Department of Education
  Division responsible for information on attendance reports
• Division of School Finance, Indiana Department of Education
  Division responsible for all school finance related questions.