Tribe: Quileute Tribe of the Quiluete Reservation
§15.5 PROCEDURE UPON A CHILD’S FAILURE TO ATTEND SCHOOL
Whenever a parent or a school official informs the tribal prosecutor
that a child required to attend school recurrently fails to attend school
without valid justification or for what the school considers to be an
unreasonably extended period of time, the tribal prosecutor shall,
where appropriate, take some or all of the following actions:
A.
Inform the child’s custodial parent(s) or guardian by a
notice in writing that the child has failed to attend school without valid
justification recurrently or for an extended period of time;
B.
Schedule a conference or conferences with the custodial
parent, parents, or guardian and the child at a time and place
reasonably convenient for all persons included for the purpose of
analyzing the causes of the child’s absences; C.
Coordinate steps with Quileute Social Services and/or the
school that the child is required to attend to eliminate or reduce the
child’s absences. These steps may include, where appropriate,
adjusting the child’s school program or school or course assignment,
providing more individualized or remedial instruction, preparing the
child for employment with specific vocational courses or work
experience or both, and assisting the parent(s) or child to obtain
supplementary services that might eliminate or alleviate the cause or
causes for the absence from school;
D.
Coordinate with the school and/or Quileute Social Services
to ensure provision of additional or continuing counseling for the
parent, the child, or both, and provide any other program that is
reasonably designed to correct the attendance problems of the child;
E.
When a school refers a child with problems other than, or
in addition to, school attendance, to the tribal prosecutor or the
juvenile probation officer, the referral shall be made under the Youth
at-Risk or other provisions of this Code;
F.
Before referring any child or parent(s) to Tribal Court,
tribal staff and administrators charged with the enforcement of this
Chapter should attempt to develop and implement a corrective plan
that takes into account the social, economic, and cultural background
of the parent(s) and child involved and that is the least restrictive
alternative that accomplishes the goal of increased attendance in
school performance;
G.
Where a corrective plan has been implemented but tribal
staff and administrators charged with the enforcement of this Chapter
have determined that the implementation has not been successful,
such tribal staff and administrators shall refer the child, the parent(s)
or all to tribal court for the imposition of penalties under this Chapter;
H.
Any parent or child subject to this Chapter who refuses to
comply with the provisions of this section within a reasonable time
after being ordered to comply by the court pursuant to an action
initiated pursuant to this Code shall be subject to the fines and
penalties set forth in this Chapter as well as the provisions for a
juvenile offender.