Butte School District

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Programs for At-Risk/Disadvantaged Students

The District will designate one (1) at-risk coordinator to collect and disseminate data regarding dropouts in the District and to coordinate the District’s program for students who are at high risk of dropping out of school.

Each school year, the at-risk coordinator will prepare a dropout reduction plan that identifies:

1. the number of District students who dropped out in the preceding regular school term;
2. the number of students in grades 1-12 who are at risk of dropping out;
3. the District’s dropout rate goal for the next school year;
4. the dropout reduction programs, resources, and strategies to be used during the school year.

The Board will review and approve the plan and will make it available to the public.

The District is not required to prepare a dropout reduction plan if fewer than five percent (5%) of its students are identified as “at risk” of dropping out.

At-Risk Students

In determining whether a student is at high risk of dropping out of school, the District will consider the student’s academic performance as well as whether the student is adjudged delinquent; abuses drugs or alcohol; is a student of limited English proficiency; receives compensatory or remedial education; is sexually, physically, or psychologically abused; is pregnant; is a slow learner; enrolls late in the school year; stops attending school before the end of the school year; is an underachiever; is unmotivated; or exhibits other characteristics that indicate the student is at high risk of dropping out of school.

Programs and District Plan

The District will provide a remedial and support program for any student who is at risk of dropping out of school. The District will have a plan designed to retain students in a school setting. The District plan will be the responsibility of the Superintendent or the designated at-risk coordinator and will:    

1. emphasize a comprehensive team approach that includes the Superintendent, principal, parent/guardian, teacher, student, community service provider, business representative, or others;
2. include objectives designed to meet the identified needs of at-risk students and to retain those students in school;
3. be designed to use community resources that are available to serve at-risk youth;
4. provide for parental involvement, such as participation in developing student academic plans and training programs for parents; and
5. provide for review of individual profiles for at-risk students.

The District plan may also:

1. include alternatives; and
2. provide for the referral of students who drop out to programs such as adult basic education, Job Training Partnership Act programs, or other options.

Policy History:
Adopted on: 10/18/04
Revised on: