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Rocklin Unified updates absence policy and authorizes one-day independent study under state law change
Summary
Trustees adopted an updated AR 5113 to align excused-absence reasons with Education Code and approved BP/AR 6158 to permit one-day independent-study agreements under recent state law; staff outlined safeguards, a tentative Nov. 4 rollout and parent notification plans.
The Rocklin Unified School District board approved updated language on excused absences and adopted policy changes to allow one-day independent-study agreements under a recent state law change.
Hannah Anderson, the district's director of innovation in school programs, explained that AR 5113 has been brought up to date with Education Code guidance and now explicitly includes mental-health-related reasons among authorized excused absences. She said the district will update website materials and annual parent notifications to make the rules for excused versus unexcused absences clearer.
On independent study, Anderson said a state legislative…
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