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ANNUAL ATTENDANCE REPORT Schools will submit to the superintendent or his/her designee an annual attendance report by July 15th. This report should include at least the following information: the school's attendance rate for the year; the number of students with more than 10 absences; and verification of adherence to the required procedures, interventions, and consequences. NOTE: North Carolina General Statute 115C-378 includes the following: Whenever a student has accumulated three unexcused absences in a school year, the principal or his designee shall notify the parent(s)/guardian(s) of the student's excessive absences. After not more than six unexcused absences, the principal shall notify the parent(s)/guardian(s) by mail that he/she may be in violation of the Compulsory Attendance Law and may be prosecuted if the absences cannot be justified under the established attendance policies of the State and of the Orange County School System. Following this notification, a school or school system employee shall work with the student and his family to eliminate the attendance problems and may request that a law enforcement officer accompany him/heron a home visit. After ten accumulated unexcused absences in a school year, the principal shall review any report of investigation prepared under G.S. 115C-381 and shall confer with the student and his/her parent(s)/guardian(s) if possible to determine whether the parents}/guardian(s) has/have received notification pursuant to this section and made a good faith effort to comply with the law. If the custodian has not, the principal shall notify the district attorney or file a complaint with a juvenile intake counselor. If the principal determines that the parent(s)/guardian(s) has/have made a good faith effort, he may file under G.S. 7A-561 that the child is habitually absent from school. Attendance p. 3 of 3