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NCGA General Statutes • GS § 115C-378. Children required to attend. <br />request that a law-enforcement officer accompany him if he <br />believes that a home visit is necessary. <br />After 10 accumulated unexcused absences in a school year the <br />principal shall review any report or investigation prepared <br />under G.S. 115C-381 and shall confer with the student and his <br />parent, guardian, or custodian if possible to determine whether <br />the parent, guardian, or custodian has received notification <br />pursuant to this section and made a good faith effort to comply <br />with the law. If the principal determines that parent, guardian, <br />or custodian has not, he shall notify the district. attorney. If <br />he determines that parent, guardian, or custodian has, he may <br />file a complaint with the juvenile court counselor pursuant to <br />Chapter 7B of the General Statutes that the child is habitually <br />absent from school without a valid excuse. Evidence that shows <br />that the parents, guardian, or custodian were notified and that <br />the child has accumulated 10 absences which cannot be justified <br />under the established attendance policies of the local board <br />shall establish a prima facie case that the child's parent, <br />guardian, or custodian is responsible for the absences. (1955, <br />c. 1372, art. 20, s. 1; 1956, Ex. Sess., c. 5; 1963, c. 1223, s. <br />6; 1969, c. 339; c. 799, s. 1; 1971, c. 846; 1975, c. 678, s. 2; <br />c. 731, s. 3; 1979, c. 847; 1981, c. 423, s. l; 1985, c. 297; <br />1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 769, s. 2; 1998-202, s. 13(aa); <br />2001-990, s. 2.38.) <br />J <br />http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Statutes/GenerslStatutes/HTML/HySeetion/Chapter_l I SC/G5_I I SC-378.html Page 2 of 2 <br />