Responsibilities

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Responsibilities === Schools report student absence in their annual reports. These figures are used to establish state-wide benchmarks of student absences in both primary and secondary schools. During the triennial review, each schools absence figures are considered against the state-wide benchmarks and the schools with ongoing absence rate difficulties are expected to develop strategies in their school charters to address the problem. Although the principal has overall responsibility for student attendance and designated staff have nominated duties in monitoring attendance, all staff must be actively involved in this area of responsibility. It is crucial that teachers act in accordance with common school beliefs, understandings and policies regarding student attendance. ===