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(10) parent excusal notes per year for a student. After the ten parent excusals
have been exhausted, students need to bring in a doctor’s note for additional
absences. If there is no doctor documentation, these absences will remain
unexcused and count toward truancy.

The Board considers the following factors to be reasonable excuses for time
missed at school:

A. personal illness

B. medical or dental appointment

C. quarantine of the home

D. death in the family

E. college visitation (with required verification of time and date for the
visit)

F. observation or celebration of a bona fide religious holiday
G. up to a maximum twentyfour (24) hours per school year that the

student’s school is open for instruction to participate in a
District-approved enrichment or extracurricular activity
H. medically necessary leave for a pregnant student in accordance
with Policy 5751

I. such good cause as may be acceptable to the Superintendent

Any classroom assignment missed due to the absence shall be
completed by the student.

Habitually Truant
A student will be considered habitually truant if the student is absent without a
legitimate excuse for thirty (30) or more consecutive hours, for forty-two (42) or
more hours in one (1) school month, or for seventy-two (72) or more hours in
one (1) school year.

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