Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 581 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Division 20 - SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Section 581-020-0631 - Definitions: Chronic Absenteeism

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply to Oregon Administrative Rules
				581-020-0631 through 581-020-0655:
(1)
			 "Chronic absenteeism" means not attending school for 10 percent or more than 10
			 percent of school days that the student is enrolled in a school year.
(2) "Community-Based Organization" as defined
			 in 581-017-0550(6).
(3) "Community
			 Voice" means that members representing the community served by the program will
			 be involved in co-constructing the project design, implementation, evaluation
			 and/or providing strategic guidance in the final decision-making.
(4) "Culturally responsive" means the
			 implicit recognition and incorporation of the cultural knowledge, experience,
			 and ways of being and knowing of students in teaching, learning and assessment.
			 This includes identifying, valuing, and maintaining high commitment to:
			 students' cultural assets in instruction and assessment; diverse frames of
			 reference that correspond to multifaceted cultural perspectives/experiences;
			 and behaviors in the classroom that can differ from White-centered cultural
			 views of what qualifies as achievement or success.
(5) "Culturally Specific Organization" means
			 an organization that serves a particular cultural community and is primarily
			 staffed and led by members of that community; these organizations demonstrate:
			 intimate knowledge of lived experience of the community, including but not
			 limited to the impact of structural and individual discrimination based on
			 structural and individual racism or discrimination, gender identity and/or
			 sexual orientation as well as other intersecting oppressions on the community;
			 knowledge of specific disparities, barriers or challenges documented in the
			 community and how that influences the structure of their program or service;
			 commitment to the community's strength-based and self-driven thriving and
			 resilience; ability to describe and adapt their services to the community's
			 cultural practices, health and safety beliefs/practices, positive cultural
			 identity/pride, religious beliefs, etc.
(6) "Education partners" includes students,
			 parents, guardians, other family members, local governments, Community-Based
			 Organizations, local businesses, culturally specific organizations, health care
			 organizations and providers, public health agencies, transportation providers,
			 and education based agencies and organizations.
(7) "Education Service District" as defined
			 in ORS 334.013(1).
(8) "Focal student groups" means student
			 groups as defined in 581-014-0001.
(9) "Indian Community-Based Organization"
			 means any organization that (a) is composed primarily of Indian parents, family
			 members, and community members, tribal government education officials, and
			 tribal members, from a specific community; (b) assists in the social, cultural,
			 and educational development of Indians in such community; and (c) meets the
			 unique cultural, language, and academic needs of Indian students.
(10) "Rate of chronic absenteeism" means the
			 percent of students who are chronically absent attending a school district or
			 education institution.
(11) "Root
			 causes of chronic absenteeism" include barriers to attending school, aversions
			 to attending school, misconceptions about attendance and engagement,
			 disengagement from school, and other circumstances or beliefs that cause a
			 student to not attend school regularly.
(a)
			 "Aversion to attending school" means the result of a circumstance that causes a
			 student to avoid attending school, including but not limited to unsafe school
			 conditions, bullying, or harassment or embarrassment resulting from a lack of
			 culturally responsive teaching, a lack of appropriate accommodations for
			 students experiencing disability, or inequitable discipline
			 practices.
(b) "Barrier to
			 attending school" means the result of a circumstance preventing a student from
			 attending school, including but not limited to an illness, poor transportation,
			 the need to work, the need to fulfill a family duty, or the need to fulfill an
			 obligation for purposes related to juvenile justice.
(c) "Disengagement from school" means a
			 circumstance that causes a student to become disconnected from school,
			 including but not limited to a lack of meaningful relationship with any adults
			 who work at the school or finding anything relevant to the student's life in
			 school curriculum.
(d)
			 "Misconception about attendance and engagement" means a misconception about the
			 impact of missing school on student learning that causes a student to not
			 attend school.