Realizing attendance is fundamental to success, some districts are developing or rewriting attendance policies to address issues of excessive absenteeism. In developing or re-evaluating such policies, school boards should consider all of their options to create effective attendance policies that foster student achievement. Students who are excessively absent for any reason jeopardize their ability to earn course credit. These policies are related to a district's attendance policy.
Boards have the discretion to adopt make-up policies if they choose.
Under such policies, a board may decide to extend make-up opportunities to all students or only to those students with excused absences. Alternatives and remediation. School personnel seek to identify and remedy the reasons for absences and strive to keep the student focused on achievement. Below is some more information on these approaches. For example, the board may set a 90 percent attendance rate.