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What's New

Greater West Town Dropout Advocacy Efforts

With the start of 2005, many of our hard-won policies went into effect in the City and Statewide. These changes include:

• Enactment of SB2115 (the At-risk and Dropout Youth Accountability and Recovery Act)
• Enactment of SB3109 (accountability for dropout reporting of transfers)
• Enactment of SB2918 (changing the compulsory attendance age from 16 to 17)
• Continued implementation of new CPS policies

While the laws and policies are on the books, the rules and procedures for implementing them are still very vague and unclear. As a result, there is little to no awareness of these changed laws and policies by either parents or students – nor, in some cases, by teachers and administrators. Now is the time to act. We need to aggressively monitor and track the implementation of these laws and policies, and educate our community members on their rights and responsibilities as parents, students and educators.

Other News

Greater West Town Manufacturing Initiative Launched

 

 
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