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Absence Policy
Absence Policy

Parents should send a note to school with their child following any absence.  This note should be delivered in the morning to the Attendance Office or Magnet Office.

Excused Absence (#1)
Absences are defined as either excused or unexcused.  In either case, when a student is absent from school, they miss valuable instructional time and the district earns no revenue.  California Education Code 48205 provides that a student shall be excused from school when the absence is due to:
  • Illness
  • Quarantine
  • Medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic services
  • Attending the funeral of an immediate family member e.g. mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, or any relative living in the immediate household of the student. (one day within the state, three days outside the state).
  • Jury duty
  • Illness or medical treatment of a child of whom the student is
  • the custodial parent
  • Serving as a precinct member for an election
  • Justifiable personal reasons when the pupil’s absence has been requested in writing by the parent and approved by the principal or designee. Absences that fall into this category include, but are not limited to, an appearance in court, attendance at a funeral service, observance of religious holiday or ceremony, or attendance at an employment conference
Unexcused Absence (#2)
Any absence for reasons other that those listed above is not excused.

Tardy
A student is marked tardy, when the student is not in his/her   seat when the tardy bell rings, signaling the time class is to begin. Tardies are marked as excused or unexcused for the same reasons as absences listed above.

Truancy (#3)
A student who is absent without valid excuse three full days in one school year or is tardy or absent for more than any 30-minute period during the school day without valid excuse on three occasions in one school year, or any combination thereof  (EC 48260) is a truant.

Habitual Truancy:
A pupil who has been reported as a truant three or more times per school year, provided that no pupil shall be deemed a habitual truant unless an appropriate district officer or employee has made a conscientious effort to hold at least one conference with the pupil’s parent or guardian and the pupil himself, is an habitual truant (EC 48262).



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