ATTENDANCE

STATUTORY ATTENDANCE OPTIONS (EC §48980): The District is required to advise each parent/guardian of all existing statutory attendance options and local attendance options available in the District. These are options for attending schools other than the school designated for the local attendance area in which the parent/guardian resides. The options include intra-district transfer, inter-district transfer, transfer based on parental employment, “district of choice” if established by Governing Board resolution, and district of enrollment pursuant to the Open Enrollment Act, as specified. Please click here for a complete summary of these attendance options and application process and procedures.

EXCUSED ABSENCES (EC §§48205, 48980): Your student may be excused from school when the absence is for medical or justifiable personal reasons. Your student will be allowed to complete all assignments and tests missed during such an excused absence. Please click here (10) for the full text of section 48205.

GRADE REDUCTION/LOSS OF ACADEMIC CREDIT (EC §§48205, 48980): Your student may not have his/her grade reduced or lose academic credit for any absence or absences excused under Education Code section 48205, when missed assignments and tests that can reasonably be provided are satisfactorily completed within a reasonable period of time. Please click here for the full text of section 48205.

HOME/HOSPITAL INSTRUCTION (EC §§48206.3, 48207, 48980): A student absent from school and homebound for an extended period due to health reasons may be eligible for home instruction by a teacher, whether the student is at home, or in a hospital/health facility within District boundaries. Requests for home/hospital teaching must be made in writing, by the attending physician, and submitted to the school of enrollment.

ABSENCES FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES (EC §§46014, 48980): With a parent’s written consent, a student may be excused from school in order to participate in religious exercises or to receive moral and religious instruction at your student’s place of worship or at other suitable place or places away from school property designated by the religious group. A student may not be excused from school for this purpose on more than four days per school month.

EXCUSE TO OBTAIN CONFIDENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES (EC §46010.1): Students in grades 7 to 12 may be excused from school for the purpose of obtaining confidential medical services, without the consent of the pupil’s parent/guardian.

SCHEDULE OF MINIMUM DAYS AND PUPIL-FREE STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS (EC § 48980): The District is required to advise all parents/guardians of the schedule of minimum days and pupil-free staff development days. If any minimum or pupil-free staff development days are scheduled following the distribution of this notice, the District will notify you as early as possible, but not later than one month before the scheduled minimum or pupil-free day. Please click here to refer to the District’s schedule, and refer to the school’s Parent/Student Handbook for school-specific dates. Please click here, and select your student’s school for more information.