New Jersey Statutes Title 18A. Education 18A § 38-25.1

(1) identifying problems and barriers to school attendance;

(2) developing recommendations to address the problems and barriers to school attendance that have been identified;

(3) outlining communication strategies to educate and inform parents on the importance of school attendance;

(4) establishing protocols on informing and engaging parents when a child begins to show a pattern of absences; and

(5) reviewing school policies to ensure that they support improved school attendance.

In developing the corrective action plan, the school shall solicit input from parents of students currently attending the school. The solicitation shall include, at a minimum, a parental survey that includes questions related to parents' beliefs regarding the reasons why students are chronically absent and recommendations on the best ways to improve attendance. In developing the corrective action plan, the school shall engage the school's parent organization, if one exists, in identifying the causes of the school's high absenteeism rate and possible solutions. If there is no parent organization at the school, the school shall hold a public meeting to provide parents with an opportunity to provide input during the development of the corrective action plan.