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The D.C. Public Charter School Board has adopted an attendance and truancy policy after the killings of four girls revealed shortcomings in the current system.
The board approved the new rules Monday night. They require schools to report quarterly statistics to the independent panel.
The decomposing bodies of Banita Jacks' four daughters were discovered in a southeast Washington rowhouse in January. The girls had not attended their charter schools for months, but there was no follow-up after Jacks said she was withdrawing them for home-schooling. Jacks has been charged with murder.
Under the new policy, schools that do not maintain an attendance rate above 85 percent and a truancy rate below 20 percent could potentially face probation.
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Information from: The Washington Post.
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