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.