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When Is It Appropriate to Stay Home From School?

Students may be excused from school for one or more of the following reasons and will be provided an opportunity to make-up missed school work and/or tests. The Board considers the following factors to be reasonable excuses for time missed at school:

  • personal illness (doctor notes are encouraged for each absence, but required after the student has 7 medical related absences)
  • appointment with a health care provider (provider documentation required)
  • illness in the family necessitating the presence of the child
  • quarantine of the home (documentation required)
  • death in the family
  • necessary work at home due to absence or incapacity of parent(s)/guardian(s) 
  • observation or celebration of a bona fide religious holiday
  • out-of-state travel (up to a maximum twenty-four (24) hours per school year that the student's school is open for instruction) to participate in a District-approved enrichment or extracurricular activity 
  • such good cause as may be acceptable to the Superintendent
  • medically necessary leave for a pregnant student (documentation required)
  • service as a precinct officer at a primary, special or general election (documentation required)
  • college visitation (documentation required)
  • absences due to a student's placement in foster care or change in foster care placement or any court proceedings related to their foster care status
  • absences due to a student being homeless

**A medically excused absence occurs any time a student is out of school due to illness or medical visit (physician, dentist, mental health, etc.). A medical excuse for personal illness will be accepted in the form of a doctor’s note within five (5) school days of the absence or parent call-in on the day of the absence due to illness or doctor’s visit. A student may have up to seven (7) medically excused absences without a doctor’s note, but with a phone call from a parent/guardian.