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JED - Student Absences and Excuses**

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Code: JED
Adopted: 8/10/11
Revised/Readopted: 8/08/17
Orig. Code: JED 

The Board considers regular attendance essential for educational success. All students are expected to attend school as required by law and Board policy. 

The supervising administrator will be responsible for assessing and acting upon parental requests for students to be excused for such things as vacation trips, parental business trips, and other family activities when arranged in advance with the teacher. 

A student’s absence from school or class will be excused under the following circumstances: 

  1. Illness, including mental and behavioral health of the student; 
  2. Illness of an immediate family member when the student’s presence at home is necessary; 
  3. Emergency situations that require the student’s absence; 
  4. Student is a dependent of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces who is on active duty or who is1 called to active duty. The student may be excused for up to seven days during the school year; 
  5. Field trips and district-approved activities; 
  6. Medical (dental) appointments. Confirmation of appointments may be required; 
  7. Other reasons deemed appropriate by the administrator when satisfactory arrangements have been made in advance of the absence. 

A student who is excused must still fulfill Northwest Regional Education Service District’s (NWRESD) requirements. 

NWRESD staff working in component school districts shall comply with all local district policies and procedures. 

Each school shall notify parents or guardians by the end of the school day if their child has an unplanned absence. The notification will be either in person, by telephone or another method identified in writing by the parent or guardian. If the parent or guardian cannot be notified by the above methods, a message shall be left, if possible. 

1U.S. Armed Forces includes the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard of the United States; reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines Corps and Coast Guard of the United States; and the National Guard of the United States and the Oregon National Guard. 

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