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• Personal illness or when attendance in school endangers the student’s health or the health of others
• Serious illness or death in a student’s immediate family necessitating absence from school
• Court order or an order by a governmental agency, including pre-induction physical examinations for service in the armed forces, mandating absence from school
• Observation of religious holidays, necessitating absence from school
• Conditions rendering attendance impossible or hazardous to student health or
safety
• Registering to vote or voting in a public election, which shall not exceed one day
• To allow visitation with a parent or legal guardian serving in the U.S. armed
forces or National Guard – Students will be granted up to five days of excused absences per school year to visit with the parent prior to the parent’s deployment or during the parent’s leave.
• Any other absence not explicitly defined herein but deemed by the local school board of education to have merit based on circumstances.
Students are to be counted present for the following activities:
• Serving as a page in the Georgia General Assembly
• Foster care students attending court proceedings related to the student’s
foster care
• Serving in the Student Teen Election Participant (STEP) program. Limited to
two school days per year
• Participation in an activity or program sponsored by 4-H
For an absence to be excused, a student’s parent or legal guardian must submit a written excuse within five (5) days of the student’s return to school and shall specifically state the date(s) and reason for the absence. Written excuses should also include a parent phone number in the event verification is needed.
Makeup Work: Students shall be permitted to make up all work missed, except for absences caused by out-of-school suspension. However, students who have been suspended shall be allowed to make up tests and major assignments missed while on suspension. All make-up work must be completed within five (5) days of the student’s return to school, unless the principal or designee allows the student additional time for completion.
If a student is absent on the day of a test or on the day an assignment is due and has been notified of the test in advance or was aware of the assignment, then the student may be expected to make up the test on the date of return or turn in the assignment on the date of return to school.
Per state law (O.C.G.A. 40-5-22), issues with attendance may impact a student’s ability to obtain a driver’s license from the state. The school district follows the law and will report, as required, to certify that students are enrolled in school and satisfying attendance requirements.