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District to revise attendance policy; cultural-event and religious-excuse limits proposed
Summary
Administrators reported lawyer-identified loopholes in the district's existing attendance policy and proposed limiting cultural-event absences to four per year and removing a provision allowing four religious-excuse days per month; the revision will be brought to the board as an action item next month.
The Birmingham Community Charter High District administrator told the board that lawyers reviewing the classroom attendance policy found provisions that could be abused and recommended revisions.
The administrator said one loophole allowed students to use "cultural activity" as an excuse repeatedly through the year. The proposed revision would limit…
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