Monday, April 16th @ 6 pm
Don Stroh Administration
Center
5606 SOUTH 147th STREET, Omaha,
NE
It's time to ask our board to call for a review of school district
attendance policy before the start of school next year. With the changes to the
truancy law this year, just one unexcused day (if combined with 19 excused
absences) will still result in a mandatory filing at the county attorney's
office.
In Millard a child who takes an extra couple days of family travel during
the school year or misses school for competitive gymnastics will accrue
UNEXCUSED absences and could likely fall under the jurisdiction of law
enforcement because Millard no longer recognizes family travel as a legitimate
excused absence.
I will encourage the Millard School Board to implement attendance policy
that honors family time and parental authority. I will suggest they use Gretna
School District policy as a model.
Gretna School District
Policy:
All absences, except for illness and/or death in the family, require
advance approval.
An absence for any of the following reasons will be excused, provided the
required procedures have been followed:
(1) Illness (personal Illness of the student)
(2) Bereavement or emergency in the family
(3) Doctor or dental appointment which require student to be absent from
school
(4) Court appearances that are required by a court order
(5) School sponsored activities which require students to be absent from
school
(6) Family trips in which student accompanies parents/legal guardians
(7) Religious observance
(8) Other absences which have received prior approval from the
Principal
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