NSU University School Faculty, Staff and Employee Handbook

37 Teachers are required to take and submit student attendance records within 5 minutes of the start of any class or when any change is made to student assignment or schedule. Because of state compulsory school attendance laws, all schools must account for the presence/absence of students both at the start/end and during school hours. Attendance records, which are official and legal documents, are subpoenaed in courts of law concerning such suits as child custody and parent negligence. These records are also applied in cases of truancy and absence which can be prosecuted at the state level and can include referral of parents, guardians, or custodians to State Court and referral of juveniles to Juvenile Court for prosecution. Follow the specific procedures outlined by each division for reporting. STUDENT TARDY TO SCHOOL PROCEDURES Students who arrive late to school are not to be admitted to class without a late arrival pass. Teachers are responsible for handling tardiness to all class periods and should not send students to the office if they are tardy to class . REQUEST BY SUBPOENA FOR STUDENT RECORDS Procedures: 1. Inform Head Of School and senior administrators of the receipt of subpoena. Contact NSU Director of Risk Management to liaise and inform school attorneys (Panza and Maurer) of receipt of subpoena. 2. Send FERPA Notification Letter (after letter is approved by school attorneys) to parents via registered and receipt return mail; a. Letter indicates to parents that we have received a subpoena for records and intend to comply with the subpoena; b. Letter tells them they can object, but must do so via the courts (inform school attorney if notified of objection to comply); c. Letter allows 10 days to respond; if no response from parents, send documents as requested by the subpoena. 3. While waiting the 10-day period for response, gather and scan all requested data. Email the data to the school attorney for review. 4. Once school attorney reviews the documents and approves them for submission AND after the 10-day time allowance has passed, send the documents as requested. 5. *If parents DO object and notify this within the 10-day time allowance, immediately inform the school attorney TUTORING POLICY/USE OF FACILITIES Faculty may never tutor one’s own students for a fee (during summer months, students just taught or students expected to be in your class in the fall).