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Cedar Rapids district narrows medical-excuse window for absences under new state guidance
Summary
Cedar Rapids Community School District announced a change to its medical-excuse policy: eight medical or illness-related absences per semester will be excused without a doctor’s note; the ninth and later absences will require a doctor’s note submitted within 48 hours, effective Jan. 21.
Cedar Rapids Community School District announced a change to how it documents medical or illness-related student absences that takes effect Jan. 21.
District podcast hosts Joe Larson and Isabel Willey said the district will allow eight medical or illness-related absences without a doctor’s note; beginning with the ninth absence in a semester, families must submit a doctor’s note within 48 hours for the absence to…
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