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Department of Student Success Jennifer Spain Williams, Director
For information email: jspain@bhm.k12.al.us or call 205-705-8658
Divisions within the Department of Student Success:
Attendance Officers
Hearing Officers
Family Court High
Department of Dropout Prevention and Recovery
Attendance:
Regular attendance is essential for a student’s successful academic progress. The right to attend school and arrive on time is the responsibility of both the student and the parent (in the case of children under seventeen years of age).
Alabama State Law 16-28-3, Code of Alabama, 1975 requires all children between the ages of six (6) and seventeen (17) to attend school regularly. Alabama State law states that each child who enrolls in a public school, whether or not the child is required by law to enroll, is subject to the school attendance and truancy laws of the state. Parents or guardians having control over school age children are responsible for their children’s regular attendance and proper conduct. Failure to comply with the Compulsory School Attendance Law requires the Attendance Officer to file a complaint in the Jefferson County Family Court.
Excused Absences
Absences may be excused for the following reasons: o personalillness;
o deathintheimmediatefamily;
o inclementweather(asdeterminedbytheprincipal)
which would be dangerous to the life and health of
the child;
o legalquarantine;
o emergencyconditionsasdeterminedbytheprincipal;
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