Message from
The Early Learning Coalition

Updated At-Risk Child Unexcused Absence Report Form
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[X]School Readiness, EHS, VPK or other Contract Compliance
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Dear Early Care and Education Partners:
 
School Readiness contracted early care and education partners are obligated to immediately report:
Any *unexcused absence of a BG1 child by the end of the business day following the unexpected absence.
or
Seven (7) consecutive excused absences of a BG1 child by the end of the seventh consecutive excused absence.

Please find below the updated At-Risk Child Unexcused Absence Report.

*An unexcused absence is when a child is absent on a day when he or she is supposed to be present and the parent or caregiver fails to report the absence.
Click here to download the Updated At-Risk Child Unexcused Absence Report Form
The Rilya Wilson Act, F.S. 39.604
Children who are in the care of the state due to abuse, neglect or abandonment must participate in a licensed early education or child care program 5 days a week. If a child covered by this law is absent from the program on a day when he or she is supposed to be present, the person with whom the child resides must report the absence to the program by the end of the business day. Children who are subject to this law may not withdraw from the program without the prior written approval of the responsible agency. All absences shall be reported the following business day to the Family Safety Program Office of the Department of Children and Family Services or its designee (Citrus Family Care Network).
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