Section 189:34 - AppointmentI. School boards shall appoint truant officers for their districts.II. School board policies on truancy shall include but not be limited to: (a) A definition of "excused absence" and a process for considering exceptions to absences not otherwise excused. (b) A process for intervention designed to address individual cases of truancy as quickly as possible and to reduce the number of habitual truants in the school district. The process shall consider whether school record keeping practices and notification provided to parents or guardians of the child's absences have an effect on the child's attendance. The board shall provide for the participation of parents in the development of the policy. The policy shall include early parental involvement in the intervention process. The policy shall also designate an employee in each school as the person responsible for truancy issues.Amended by 2013, 249:14, eff. 9/1/2013.1852, 1278. CS 78:2. GS 83:7. GL 91:7. 1881, 42:1. PS 92:15. 1899, 70:1. 1921, 85, II:17. PL 117 :30. RL 135:34. 2010, 9:1. 2013, 249:14, eff. Sept. 1, 2013.