1 Colo. Code Regs. § 301-78-2.00

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 24, December 25, 2024

Section 1 CCR 301-78-2.00 - Definitions

2.00(1) "Absences" means the scheduled school days or portions thereof missed by the student.

2.00(2) "Attendance Period" means the period of time in which student attendance is recorded.

2.00(3) "Attendance" is one collection of the Data Pipeline system to obtain attendance, excused and unexcused absences and habitually truant information.

2.00(4) "Data Pipeline" means the state reporting system to collect, through electronic transfer where possible, all student and public school performance data as required by 22-7-603 C.R.S.

2.00(5) "BOCES" means Boards of Cooperative Educational Services.

2.00(6) "Department" means the Colorado Department of Education.

2.00(7) "Excused Absence" means the student is absent for a reason as identified within the attendance policy set by local school board of education as declared in 22-33-104(4)(a) C.R.S. which may include, but is not limited to, the following reasons: funerals, illness, injury, legal obligations, medical procedures and religious observations.

2.00(8) "Habitually Truant" means a student who is at least the age of six on or before August 1 of the school year in question and under the age of seventeen years having four total days of unexcused absences from public school in any one calendar month or ten total days of unexcused absences from public school during the reported school year in congruence with C.R.S. 22-33-107(3)(a).

2.00(9) "Level of Detail" means the most detailed data available for reporting purposes of attendance information.

2.00(10) "Month" means a named calendar month regardless of the number of school days within each month.

2.00(11) "Reported School Year" means the full school year as defined by the local school board of education.

2.00(12) "Tardies" may be defined by local school district/BOCES board policy, generally meaning a student entering classes after the scheduled start time.

2.00(13) "Truancy/Unexcused Absence" means a student is absent from school without a valid and verifiable excuse by the parent/guardian that is consistent with school or board policy as defined in 22-33-104(4)(a) C.R.S. or the student leaves school or a class without permission of authorized school staff.

2.00(14) "Unexcused Absence/Truancy" means a student is absent from school without a valid and verifiable excuse by the parent/guardian that is consistent with school or board policy as defined in 22-33-104(4)(a) C.R.S. or the student leaves school or a class without permission of authorized school staff.

1 CCR 301-78-2.00

43 CR 19, October 10, 2020, effective 10/30/2020