Tier 3+ — Tiered Attendance Intervention Guidance

SART Formalized Attendance Intervention

Formalize expectations, supports, accountability, and coordinated intervention when attendance concerns remain persistent despite previous efforts.

SART should not repeat Site-Level Intervention or SST / MTSS team. It should advance the work.

When this tier applies

  • Attendance concerns persist after documented Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention
  • Expectations and responsibilities need to be written down and agreed to
  • Additional district or community resources need to be committed

Key question: What remains unresolved, and what now needs to be formalized?

What staff do at this tier

Practice guidance, not a referral checklist.

  1. 1Summarize what has already been attempted and what it produced.
  2. 2Confirm whether interventions were fully implemented.
  3. 3Confirm whether the barrier has changed.
  4. 4Write a plan with responsibilities for the student, family, school, and district.
  5. 5Set the attendance goal, the review criteria, and the progress-monitoring date.
  • What remains unresolved
  • Which interventions were attempted
  • Which worked and which did not
  • Whether interventions were fully implemented
  • Whether the barrier has changed
  • What additional resources are needed
  • What expectations now need to be formalized
  • What each participant will do, and when progress will be reviewed

Decision point

At the review date, choose deliberately and record it.

Improving

Continue the plan.

Modify

Change the intervention or support.

Intensify

Additional district or community support.

SARB readiness review

Previous interventions remain insufficient and referral may be necessary.

Move to a more intensive tier when

  • The SART plan was implemented and monitored and the concern remains significant
  • Intensive district and community coordination is required

Reduce the level of intervention when

  • Attendance is improving and supports can be managed at Tier 2 or Tier 3