Presented by Sara Hento, Esq.

When students are chronically absent, your school or district is still responsible for meeting legal obligations involving child find, eligibility, IEPs and more. In this recorded webinar, school law attorney Sara Hento explains your legal requirements related to chronic absenteeism from a special education perspective and shares lessons from relevant cases and administrative decisions. Plus, you learn best practices to:

• Identify the child find triggers which may be present with a student who is chronically absent
• Assess your compliance based on cases supporting obligations to students with chronic absenteeism
• Address chronic absenteeism in the IEP
• Use effective tools and vocabulary to engage administrators, teachers, parents and other stakeholders in addressing students’ needs
• And more