Participating elementary schools identify and work with TANF
children in grades one through eight, and their families, who
are not attending school regularly. The school is responsible
for defining irregular school attendance. For example, irregular
school attendance may be defined as: - a combination of school
defined absences, tardies, or early dismissals within a 30-day
period; or - a pattern of absence/tardiness/early dismissal,
such as absence every Friday within a 30-day period; or - a
pattern of all children in the family being absent on the same
day.