Are there minimum requirements for student attendance checks?
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Yes, there are minimum requirements for student attendance checks as follows:
(a) All students must be physically accounted for four times daily;
(b) Each count must be at least two hours apart;
(c) If students are on an off-campus activity, physical accounts of students must be made at least once every two hours or at other reasonable times depending on the activity;
(d) At night all student rooms should be physically checked at least once every hour;
(e) If a student is unaccounted for, the homeliving program must follow its established search procedures; and
(f) When homeliving staff is aware of a student who is going to be absent from school, the homeliving program is required to notify the school.
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