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Student Attendance
Forsyth County Board of Education considers regular school attendance essential to student achievement.  

In responding to student attendance issues, the school system shall comply with all requirements of state law, State Board of Education rules, and the Student Attendance Protocol that has been developed by the system's Student Attendance and School Climate Protocol Committee. 
 

Attendance
All children who are between their sixth and sixteenth birthdays and reside in Forsyth County shall enter school on the opening date and attend regularly thereafter or be enrolled in private school or a home study program which meets the requirements of state law.  

If the school system is made aware that a child between the ages of six and sixteen or any child who has enrolled for twenty school days or more in a public school prior to their sixth birthday is not enrolled in public school, private school, or a home study program, the Superintendent has the authority and responsibility to file proceedings in court to enforce the mandatory education law.  

 
The school system provides virtual learning services through enrollment in Forsyth Virtual Academy for students in grades Kindergarten-12. Attendance for virtual learning is defined by the engagement of the student through an online platform demonstrating the intent to complete the course. Daily virtual attendance expectations for elementary, middle, and high school will be outlined in the information provided at the beginning of the course. Students are expected to engage in lessons, complete assignments, communicate in a timely manner with teachers, and participate in virtual learning sessions as outlined in the course. Students who are not successful in a virtual learning environment will be required to return to in-person learning at an appropriate transition point. Students who are not meeting attendance expectations will be considered absent in accordance with the specific attendance procedures by school level.  

Excused Absences
 

It is the policy of the Board to excuse students from school for the following reasons:
1. Personal illness or attendance in school that endangers a student’s health or the health of others.
2. A serious illness or death in a student’s immediate family necessitates an absence from school.
3. A court order or an order by a governmental agency, including pre-induction physical examinations for service in the armed forces, mandating absence from school.
4. The observance of religious holidays, necessitating absence from school.
5. Conditions render attendance impossible or hazardous to student health or safety.
6. A scheduled medical, dental or eye examination of the student.
7. Registering to vote or voting.
8. Visiting with a parent or legal guardian who is in the military service in the armed forces and has been called to duty for or is on leave from overseas deployment to a combat zone or combat support post.  The student may be excused for a maximum of 5 days per school year.  

With proper medical verification, a student may be eligible for hospital / homebound instruction as outlined in State Board of Education rule 160-4-2-.31 hospital / homebound instruction.  A student receiving hospital homebound services will be considered present. 

The student's parent or guardian shall submit to the principal or principal's designee a written notice stating the specific date(s) and reason(s) for a student's absence from school.  The notice must be signed by the parent or guardian and must be to the principal or principal's designee within five (5) school days after the student returns to school.   An absence for which a written notice is not received from the student's parent or guardian, or is received after the five-day time limit, will be considered an unexcused absence. 

The principal may require students to present appropriate medical or other documentation upon return to school for the purpose of validating that absences are excused.  

Unexcused Absences
 

A student’s absence from school or class for any reason other than those listed above will be considered an unexcused absence. 

Late Check-in / Early Check-out
 

Late check-in is defined as arriving at an assigned place after the designated time.  

Early check-out is defined as signing out of school prior to the designated time of official dismissal. 

An unexcused late check-in or early check-out is defined as any time a student arrives late to school or leaves school for a reason other than those defined by this policy as an excused absence. �į Students who miss more than half of the time in any class will be considered absent for that class period, while students who miss more than half of the school day will be considered absent for the day.
 

Truancy and Excessive Excused Absences
 
Truant is defined as any student subject to compulsory attendance who during the school calendar has more than five days of unexcused absences.  School days missed as a result of an out of school suspension shall not count as unexcused days for the purpose of determining student truancy.  

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Student Attendance and School Climate Protocol Committee (SASCPC0)