There have been some recent inquiries regarding attendance and tardies. To clarify, absences will be excused for the following reasons:
Medical Religious Judicial Bereavement
Tardies to school will be excused if your child has been at a medical or dental appointment and you bring in a note from the doctor/dentist. Tardies will also be excused for Religious, Judicial and Bereavement.
For more detailed information, please see the California Ed code regarding truancy and excused absences below.
Definition of a Truant The California Legislature defined a truant in very precise language. In summary, it states that a student missing more than 30 minutes of instruction without an excuse three times during the school year must be classified as a truant and reported to the proper school authority. This classification and referral helps emphasize the importance of school attendance and is intended to help minimize interference with instruction. The California Education Code (EC) Section that defines a truant reads as follows:
EC Section 48260 (a): Any pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or compulsory continuation education who is absent from school without a valid excuse three full days or tardy or absent more than any 30-minute period during the school day without a valid excuse on three occasions in one school year, or any combination thereof, is a truant and shall be reported to the attendance supervisor or the superintendent of the school district.
Excused Absences
Education Code 48205
Average Daily Attendance Computation
(a) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil shall be excused from school when the
absence is:
(1) Due to his or her illness.
(2) Due to quarantine under the direction of a county or city health officer.
(3) For the purpose or having medical, dental, optometrical, or chiropractic
services rendered.
(4) For the purpose of attending the funeral services of a member of his or her
immediate family, so long as the absence is not more than one day if the
service is conducted in California and not more than three days if the service
is conducted outside California.
(5) For the purpose of jury duty in the manner provided for by law.
(6) Due to the illness or medical appointment during school hours of a child of
whom the pupil is the custodial parent.
(7) For justifiable personal reasons, including, but not limited to, an appearance in
court, attendance at a funeral service, observance of a holiday or ceremony of
his or her religion, attendance at religious retreats, or attendance at an
employment conference, when the pupil’s absence has been requested in
writing by the parent or guardian and approved by the principal or a
designated representative pursuant to uniform standards established by the
governing board.
(8) For the purpose or serving as a member of a precinct board for an election
pursuant to Section 12302 of the Elections Code.
(b) A pupil absent from school under this section shall be allowed to complete all
assignments and tests missed during the absence that can be reasonably provided
and, upon satisfactory completion within a reasonable period of time, shall be
given full credit therefore. *** The teacher of any class from which a pupil is
absent shall determine the tests and assignments shall be reasonably equivalent to,
but not necessarily identical to, the tests and assignments that the pupil missed
during the absence.
(c) For purposes of this section, attendance at religious retreats shall not exceed four
hours per semester.
(d) Absences pursuant to this section are deemed to be absences in computing
average daily attendance and shall not generate state apportionment payments.
(e) "Immediate family,” as used in this section, has the same meaning as that set forth
in Section 45194, except that references therein to "employee” shall be deemed to
be references to "pupil.”
Comments...
Karen Rigberg
says... Posted Thursday, February 24, 2011
There is a link on the myroosevelt.net homepage that says "is your child absent today?" If you click it, you will go to the page about emailing absences. I will add the above information to that linked page.
http://www.myroosevelt.net/?page=email_office
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