Ops Memo 2013-49: OBSOLETE TAFDC – Automating the Learnfare (School Attendance) Process

Obsoleted by Ops Memo 2014-48

Overview

The TAFDC Learnfare requirement mandates that any child of a nondisabled grantee who is age six (or in first grade, whichever occurs later) through age 13 must attend school regularly. Verification of attendance must be obtained for any child who is subject to the Learnfare requirement. To comply with Learnfare rules, a child may not have more than eight unexcused absences in each quarter. (See 106 CMR 203.900 for Learnfare policy.)

DTA has a process to track school enrollment and attendance to meet the Learnfare requirement, that has been dependent on Mainframe, PC systems and manual tracking (including mailing reports to schools and letters to grantees) to collect absentee information to then be processed by Central Office.

DTA is automating the Learnfare tracking process on BEACON by working with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to enhance the transfer of enrollment and attendance data more accurately.

Obsolete Memos

The following Operations Memos are obsolete: FO 95-36: Learnfare Tracking; FO 96-20: Learnfare Reports Tracking Process; FO 98-44: Learnfare; FO 99-30: Learnfare; OM 2012-43 Learnfare Mailing; OM 2012-53A Learnfare Additional Mailing Correction and OM 2013-21: Learnfare: DTA/DESE Match.