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Beaverton School District

Beaverton Schools

JED - Student Attendance**

Code:  JED
Adopted: 9/08/97
Readopted:  5/14/18, 6/21/22, 2/27/23
Orig. Code(s):  JE, JED

The Board considers regular school attendance essential for educational success. All students are expected to attend school as required by law and by Board policy.

The classroom teacher is responsible for maintaining and reporting accurate student attendance records to satisfy district requirements and to record that all students have arrived safely to school.

Students and their parents/guardians are responsible for maintaining regular attendance in all assigned classes. A student’s absence from school or class will be excused under the following circumstances:

  1. Illness of the student, including mental and behavioral health.  A written note from a medical professional may be required prior to excusing the absence if chronic absences are an issue;
  2. Illness of an immediate family member when the student’s presence at home is necessary;
  3. Emergency situations that require the student’s absence;
  4. Student is a dependent of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces[1] who is on active duty or who is called to active duty. The student may be excused for up to seven days during the school year;
  5. Field trips and school-approved activities;
  6. Medical and dental appointments. Confirmation of appointments may be required;
  7. Other reasons deemed appropriate by the school administrator when satisfactory arrangements have been made in advance of the absence.
  8. Religious and cultural observances as described in Board Policy IGACA.
  9. The school principal will be responsible for assessing and acting upon parental requests for students to be excused.

The principal has the authority to excuse students for absences due to illness, educational/occupational interviews, quarantine, bereavement or serious illness in the family, inclement weather, religious instruction, religious or cultural observances or emergencies. Physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, dentists and similar professionals may request permission for students’ excused absences.

A student who is excused must still fulfill the school’s requirements.

Each school shall notify parents/guardians by the end of the school day if their child has an unplanned absence. The notification will be either in person, by telephone or another method identified in writing by the parent/guardian. If the parent/guardian cannot be notified by the above methods, a message shall be left, if possible.

END OF POLICY

                                                                                                                                                                           

Legal Reference(s):

ORS 109.056                                       OAR 581-021-0046
ORS 332.107                                       OAR 581-021-005                              
ORS 339.030                                       OAR 581-023-0006(11)
ORS 339.055
ORS 339.065
ORS 339.071
ORS 339.250
ORS 339.420

[1] U.S. Armed Forces includes the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard of the United States; reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines Corps and Coast Guard of the United States; and the National Guard of the United States and the Oregon National Guard.

Cross Reference(s):

IGBHD - Program Exemptions