Attendance Services
Student Absences and Excuses District Policy
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Regular and punctual attendance is required of each student enrolled in the school district. Students are required to maintain a good attendance record, because there is a direct relationship between school attendance and achievement, citizenship and success in school.
Each student is required to attend school every school day except when illness, injury, or some other condition beyond the student’s control prevents attendance. Students and their parents/guardians should make every effort to keep student absences and tardies to a minimum. After returning to school, students are expected to make up work missed because of absence.
A student who is truant from school or absent from school without a satisfactory excuse shall be subject to the Student Disciplinary Guidelines of the school district. In addition, absences, which are considered to be in violation of Missouri’s compulsory attendance law, shall be referred to the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office for enforcement. For purposes of the Missouri compulsory attendance law, the term “attend..on a regular basis” shall mean that the student has not been absent from school without a satisfactory excuse or truant from school more than eight (8) school days or partial school days during the school year.
A comprehensive system of attendance records will be maintained for each student. Each teacher is responsible for the accurate reporting of daily attendance in the classroom. The building principal is responsible for supplying information to parents in regard to student absences, and for submitting attendance information to the Superintendent’s office.
Adoptee: November 26, 1996
Cross Refs: JEA, Compulsory Attendance Ages;
JEE, Student Accounting
Legal Refs: 167.031-111,171.151, RSMo
The School District of Springfield R-XII, Springfield, Missouri