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Committee amends attendance policy to allow five parent excused absences per semester; other edits held pending legal review
Summary
The committee voted to change the parent excused absence allowance from three to five per semester and tabled broader attendance-policy changes until Forethought (consultant) provides statutory cross-references and staff returns with recommended language.
The Policy Committee of the Whole in Tangipahoa Parish amended and adopted part of a proposed rewrite of the attendance policy (JBD-R) on Oct. 21, 2025, changing the number of parent-excused absences allowed per semester from three to five and deferring other edits pending a consultant review of state statutes.
Mister Jinko presented the rationale for consolidating seven separate attendance-related policies and updating language to reflect changes in state law. The administration recommended…
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