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River Falls School Board approves first reading of rewritten attendance policy
Summary
The board approved a first reading of a comprehensive rewrite to attendance policy 04/31 that standardizes proration, reduces parent‑ill days to four per year, preserves 10 parent‑excused days, clarifies chronic‑illness verification and strengthens monitoring before truancy referrals.
Superintendent Dave presented a full rewrite of school board policy 04/31 on student attendance and the board approved the policy for first reading.
The revised policy standardizes how absences are prorated across buildings: an excused or unexcused absence that removes a student from school for 15 minutes to 50% of the day counts as a half day; absences greater than 50% count as a full day. The policy differentiates excused, unexcused and exempt absences and identifies the building principal or designee as the attendance officer responsible for…
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