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Watchung Hills will rename some absence codes to clarify state categories; attendance calculations unchanged
Summary
The education committee recommended relabeling certain student absences as "absence with reason" rather than using "excused" for all non‑truancy absences, to align coding with the state's definition of excused absences; the district said the change affects terminology only, not how attendance is calculated.
The Watchung Hills Regional High School District education committee proposed a change to absence coding that will clarify which absences meet the state’s definition of “excused” and which do not, administrators told the board at its May 13 meeting.
District staff said confusion arose because the term “excused” was used in two different ways:…
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