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Committee forwards attendance policy to first reading after debate over cyber transfers and testing absences
Summary
The policy committee advanced Policy 204 (attendance) to first reading after detailed discussion about Act 47 limits on midyear transfers to cyber charters for 'habitually truant' students, tightened language on doctor's notes and college visits, and retention of wording to deter absences during PSSA/Keystone testing.
The Upper Adams School District policy committee agreed by consensus to move Policy 204 (attendance) to first reading following discussion of recent state legislation and several proposed clarifying edits.
Mr. Lustig told the committee that the legislature (referred to in the transcript as Act 47 of 2025) changed rules limiting students deemed 'habitually truant'—defined in discussion as six or more unexcused absences—from transferring midyear to cyber charter schools unless a…
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