A.__If a principal of a public school and the attendance coordinator determine that a student is habitually truant, the principal shall inform the superintendent.__The superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall first try to correct the problem informally.__Informal attempts to correct the problem must include meeting with the student and the student's parents to identify possible causes of the habitual truancy and develop a plan to implement solutions to the problem.__If an initial meeting does not resolve the problem, the superintendent or superintendent's designee shall implement interventions that best address the problem.__ The interventions may include, but are not limited to:

(1)__Frequent communication between the teacher and the family;

(2)__Changes in the learning environment;

(3)__Mentoring;

(4)__Student counseling;

(5)__Tutoring, including peer tutoring;

(6)__Placement into different classes;

(7)__Evaluation for alternative education programs;

(8)__Attendance contracts;

(9)__Referral to other agencies for family services; and

(10)__Other interventions, including, but not limited to, referral to the school attendance coordinator, student assistance team or dropout prevention committee.

Failure of the student or the student's parents to appear at scheduled meetings does not preclude the school administrators from implementing a plan to address the student's habitual truancy.

B.__As part of correcting the problem informally, the superintendent or superintendent's designee shall require the student and the student's parents to attend one or more meetings with the student's teacher or other school