2005 California Education Code Sections 48340-48341 Article 9. Improvement of Pupil Attendance

48340.  In enacting this article it is the intent of the Legislature
to encourage school districts and county offices of education
maintaining any classes in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12,
inclusive, to adopt pupil attendance policies based on the active
involvement of parents, pupils, teachers, administrators, other
personnel, and community members which include proposals and
procedures for the following:
   (a) Notifying parents of pupil absences, including notification of
parents on the day of each absence.
   (b) Increasing parent and pupil awareness of the importance of
regular pupil attendance.
   (c) Auditing and accountability of pupil attendance.
   (d) Staff development for certificated and classified personnel.
   (e) Alternative learning programs designed to respond to the
different ways pupils learn, such as independent study.
   (f) Joint efforts between law enforcement and schools, such as
school level attendance review teams and periodic efforts to return
truant pupils to school.
48341.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare and
disseminate to school districts and county superintendents of schools
information regarding effective practices to improve pupil
attendance.