LAC 28:CXV.713. Attendance Records

A. The attendance of all school students shall be checked each school day and at the beginning of each class period and shall be verified by the teacher keeping such records which shall be open to inspection by the supervisor of child welfare and attendance, or duly authorized representative, at all reasonable times. All schools shall immediately report to the visiting teacher, or the supervisor of child welfare and attendance, any unexplained, unexcused, or illegal absence, or habitual tardiness. B. No public elementary or secondary school student who has not been emancipated by judicial decree or by marriage shall be permitted for any reason to leave school during the school day on his or her own authority. 1. The school principal or the principal's designee shall make all reasonable efforts to notify the parent or other person responsible for the student's school attendance of any such prohibited absence by a student. 2. For the purposes of notification as required by this section, a parent or other person responsible for a student's school attendance may designate in writing with the school principal one or more alternative contact persons.