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Policy committee asks staff for data on students exceeding absence thresholds before changing attendance rules
Summary
Committee reviewed attendance policy language (90% attendance, no credit after nine absences per semester), discussed differences between elementary and secondary consequences, and directed staff to provide counts of students past key absence thresholds before the board considers policy changes.
Lakeland District policy committee members reviewed attendance and truancy language and asked staff to provide data on how many students exceed district absence thresholds before proposing policy changes.
The draft attendance policy in the committee packet requires students to be present for 90 percent of class time and says "no credit will be granted to students missing more than 9 days per semester" in secondary school.…
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