Regulation – Students require 1056 hours (secondary) or 968 hours (elementary) annual instruction time. After 10 unexcused absences per semester, students forfeit class credit. Written notifications sent at 6 and 9 unexcused absences. Attendance Review Committee (clerk, teacher, student, counselor, principal) hears appeals at semester end. Excused absences include illness, prearranged appointments, disability, work-study, school activities. Three unexcused tardies equal one absence. Tardies over 10 minutes count as absences.
Read Full Policy- Last Reviewed/Revised: November 2025
- Last Adopted: June 14, 2012
Cross References:
- IC/ICA School Year/School Calendar/Instruction Time
- JEA Compulsory Attendance Ages
- JF-R Admission and Denial of Admission (Procedures for Students in Out-of Home Placement)
- JFC Student Withdrawal from School/Dropouts
- JHB Truancy
- JK Student Discipline
- JKD/JKE Suspension/Expulsion of Students
- JLIB Student Dismissal Precautions