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Board hears first reading to limit unlimited medical excuses in attendance policy
Summary
District staff presented a first reading of an attendance-policy change that would cap medical excuses, clarify mental-health and parent excuses, and create an exemption process for chronically ill students.
An unidentified district staff member presented a first reading of a change to the district attendance policy, saying the district is seeing a drop in chronic absenteeism and proposing limits on medical excuses. "We are seeing a decrease in chronic absenteeism this year," the staff member said, adding that the district set a goal to reduce chronic absenteeism by 5 percentage points and is currently “right around” that goal.
The proposal would keep five parent excuses total (three usable for any reason and two designated for mental-health reasons) and limit medical excuses to 10…
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