Description: The Kern Education Pledge Chronic Absenteeism Workgroup and the Truancy Reduction and Attendance Coalition of Kern (TRACK) are countywide collaboratives that work in partnership with one another with the collective goal of improving school...
Budgetary and specific student issues are governed by the seven-member Kern County Board of Education. Board members are elected to four-year terms by voters of the several geographical regions of the county. Staggered terms of office allow the board to work continuously with the superintendent. The board makes major policy decisions in the areas of budgeting, property acquisition and development. Pupils expelled by a local school district may appeal the expulsion to the county board of education. The board
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The Kern Education Pledge Chronic Absenteeism Workgroup and the Truancy Reduction and Attendance Coalition of Kern (TRACK) are countywide collaboratives that work in partnership with one another with the collective goal of improving school attendance and reducing chronic absenteeism in Kern County Schools. The workgroups meet regularly and are composed of school administrators, supervisors of attendance, attendance clerks, and school resource officers.