DCF 101.25(3)(f)(f) “Habitual truant” has the meaning given in s. 118.16 (1) (a), Stats.

DCF 101.25 NoteNote: “Habitual truant” is defined in s. 118.16 (1) (a), Stats., as “a pupil who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse under sub. (4) and s. 118.15 for part or all of 5 or more days on which school is held during a school semester.”

DCF 101.25(3)(g)(g) “High school equivalency diploma” means a certificate of educational achievement issued under s. 115.29 (4), Stats., and ch. PI 5 following completion of a course of study.

DCF 101.25(3)(h)(h) “Learnfare” means the program established under s. 49.26, Stats., and this section.

DCF 101.25(3)(i)(i) “Learnfare case management” means intervention for the purpose of assessing family needs, incorporating a plan to maintain school enrollment and further school attendance into the learnfare case management plan and assisting in the implementation of the plan for the purpose of maintaining school enrollment and furthering regular school attendance and career preparation by the child.

DCF 101.25(3)(j)(j) “Minor parent” means a child who is the parent of a dependent child.

DCF 101.25(3)(k)(k) “Returning dropout” means a child who was a dropout and reenrolled in school in the same semester in which the child dropped out of school or the immediately succeeding semester.

DCF 101.25(3)(L)(L) “School” has the meaning prescribed in s. 49.26 (1) (a) 2., Stats.

DCF 101.25(3)(m)(m) “School attendance officer” has the meaning prescribed in s. 118.16 (1) (b), Stats.

DCF 101.25(3)(n)(n) “School attendance requirement” means the child is enrolled in school or was enrolled in the immediately preceding semester.

DCF 101.25(3)(o)(o) “School district” means the territorial unit for school administration as specified in s. 115.01 (3), Stats. and includes a nonresident school district approved under s. 118.51, Stats.

DCF 101.25(3)(p)(p) “Unexcused absence” means that the reason for the absence does not meet the school district’s definition of a valid reason for the child not to attend school.

DCF 101.25(4)(a)(a) A child shall meet the school attendance requirement except that a child who has graduated from high school or received a high school equivalency diploma is exempt from the school attendance requirement under this section.

DCF 101.25(4)(b)(b) A child who is required to participate in learnfare under this section shall be considered to have failed to have met the school attendance requirement if the child is not enrolled in school or was not enrolled in the immediately preceding semester.

DCF 101.25(4)(c)(c) The child or the W-2 participant shall cooperate in providing information needed to verify enrollment information or exemption reasons under sub. (7). If neither the child nor the W-2 participant cooperates, the W-2 participant shall be ineligible for a W-2 employment position.

DCF 101.25(4)(d)(d) Minor parents, dropouts, returning dropouts, and habitual truants shall participate in case management under sub. (8).

DCF 101.25(4)(e)(e) The dropout or the W-2 participant shall notify the agency of the dropout’s nonattendance at school in compliance with s. DCF 101.09 (2) (m).

DCF 101.25(5)(a)(a) The W-2 agency shall review enrollment and attendance information at all initial eligibility determinations and at all reviews under s. DCF 101.16 (2) to (4).

DCF 101.25(5)(b)(b) The W-2 agency shall inform the W-2 employment position participant that the signature of the participant on the W-2 application constitutes permission for the release of school enrollment and attendance information by the school district.

DCF 101.25(5)(c)(c) The W-2 agency shall request information from the school attendance officer in the child’s school district about the child’s enrollment and attendance in the school district’s current or most recently completed semester of attendance.

DCF 101.25(5)(d)(d) The W-2 agency shall use the enrollment and attendance information provided by a school to verify enrollment and attendance for a child.

DCF 101.25(5)(e)(e) The W-2 agency shall review a child’s claim that the child is exempt under sub. (7) from the school attendance requirement, determine if a child is required to participate in case management under sub. (8), and review a child’s claim that the child has a good cause reason under sub. (10) for not participating in case management.

DCF 101.25(5)(f)(f) The W-2 agency shall administer child care, including applying the appropriate child care co-payment under s. 49.155 (5), Stats., and transportation funds under s. 49.26 (1) (e), Stats. Payment for the cost of transportation to and from the child care provider shall be in the amount equal to the cost of transportation by the most appropriate means as determined by the department or the W-2 agency.

DCF 101.25(5)(g)(g) If the child or W-2 participant does not have the power to produce verification of enrollment or good cause for not participating in case management, or requires assistance to do so, the W-2 agency shall proceed immediately to seek the verification.

DCF 101.25(6)(a)(a) The school attendance officer shall provide information to the agency about the enrollment and attendance of a child who is enrolled in the public school in the school district within 5 working days after the date of receipt of the written request from the agency.