SOP 313.9 The Truancy Intake Center

Question 1

_______ is defined as Any student, under the age of 18, who is required to attend to school and is subsequently found not to be enrolled or absent from school during school hours without being excused.

Answer 1

Truant

Question 2

The Truancy Intake Center will accept truants age _______who are required by the ______ school attendance laws to attend public schools in Hillsborough County’s School District.

Answer 2

1. six (6) through fifteen (15),

2. compulsory

Question 3

The Truancy Intake Center will not accept truants from:

Answer 3

1. Other school districts
2. Private schools
3. Home school programs.

Question 4

When an officer comes into contact with a school age child during school hours, the officer will make every effort to determine if the child is:

Answer 4

truant or has officially withdrawn from school.

Question 5

Only those juveniles ___and over can officially withdraw from school.

Answer 5

16

Question 6

Verification of enrollment can be made either by contacting the :

Answer 6

1. Truancy Intake Officer via police radio
2. telephoning the Truancy Intake Center
3. contacting the School Resource Officer
4. telephoning the student’s school admin office.

Question 7

What is the truancy intake officers call sign? What channel can they be reached on?

Answer 7

1. Unit 857

2. D-Main

Question 8

During school hours, students ages six (6) through fifteen (15), who are suspended or expelled from school and are not at home or in the company of a parent or other responsible adult, are considered to be ____and may be delivered to the Truancy Intake
Center.

Answer 8

truant

Question 9

Under certain circumstances, the truant may be returned to the school by the officer. When?

Answer 9

location where the child was found is

in close proximity to the school

Question 10

If the officer is taking the truant to the school, the officer shall contact the ________to verify if they are available at the school to take custody of the child.

Answer 10

School Resource Officer (SRO)

Question 11

If the School Resource Officer is not available, the officer shall deliver the child to the _________.

Answer 11

Truancy Intake Center.

Question 12

When an officer encounters a truant who is _________ years of age, the officer will determine if the student is enrolled in school.

Answer 12

sixteen (16) or seventeen (17)

Question 13

If the sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) is currently enrolled the officer, when practical will make a reasonable effort to return
the student to school and release the student to the ___________.

Answer 13

School Resource Officer

Question 14

If the School Resource Officer is not available, the child should be released to a _________

Answer 14

school administrator.

Question 15

In the absence of the School Resource Officer, the child will not be released to the school without the consent of a ________.

Answer 15

school official

Question 16

If the 16 or 17 year old student is operating a vehicle, the officer should complete a ________. The 16 or 17 year
old will be released and instructed to return to school. The vehicle will not be impounded.

Answer 16

Street Check titled Truant

Question 17

If an officer encounters a suspected truant who makes a claim of being 16 or 17 years of age and withdrawn from school, the officer will make a reasonable effort to determine the validity of the claim. If a determination can not be made, the officer will:

Answer 17

Complete a Street Check and the juvenile will be released.

Question 18

When an officer is requested to respond to a home for the purpose of taking a child into custody for truancy, the officer must :

Answer 18

be invited and must have permission to enter the home.

Question 19

When an officer is acting within his legal authority for the purpose of taking a child into custody for truancy and the child refuses to
comply with the lawful demands made by the officer, the officer is within his authority to arrest the child for :

Answer 19

Resisting an officer with or without violence

Question 20

Students who meet the guidelines to be taken into custody for truancy will be transported to the Truancy Intake Center (TIC) located at 8620 N. Dixon, the Agency for Community Treatment Services (ACTS) Building
(2nd floor), between the hours of _______ on weekdays excluding school holidays.

Answer 20

0800 and 1500

Question 21

A any officer that comes in contact with a truant child that has access to _______shall enter the child in the Truancy log in _______.

Answer 21

Esponder

Question 22

The ________shall initiate a truant custody log entry and complete a ______once a child is remanded to his or her custody.

Answer 22

1. Truancy Intake Officer

2. school referral slip

Question 23

The ________shall be responsible for contacting the child’s parent(s) or legal guardian(s).

Answer 23

1. Truancy Intake Officer

Question 24

The child’s __________ must be advised to respond to the Truancy Intake Center to take custody of the child prior to closing time.

Answer 24

parent(s) or legal guardian(s)

Question 25

If the parent(s), legal guardian(s), or another responsible adult cannot be located or does not respond to pick up the child by the end of normal operating hours for the Truancy Intake Center, the child will be released in the custody of _________________.

Answer 25

the Agency for Community Treatment Services (A.C.T.S.)

Question 26

Once the parent(s)/legal guardian(s) arrives at the Center to pick up the child, the Truancy Intake Officer will notify the _____ of the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) arrival.

Answer 26

Social Worker

Question 27

The parent(s)/legal guardian(s) shall be apprised of the _________and the parent(s)/legal guardian’s responsibility in that regard.

Answer 27

Florida Law regarding compulsory school attendance