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Board holds first reading of updated attendance policy to add mental and behavioral health excuses
Summary
Board members reviewed a first reading of proposed revisions to BP/AR 5113 to add mental and behavioral health as excused-absence reasons and to clarify makeup-work and bereavement parameters.
The Petaluma Joint Union High School District board held a first reading of proposed revisions to BP/AR 5113, Absences and Excuses, including an explicit allowance for excused absences when a student is absent for mental or behavioral health reasons following a recent Education Code update.
District staff told the board the most notable change is the addition of illness language that covers mental and behavioral health. The…
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