SFS-GEN-PL-019 Wicomico County Board of Education Page 5 of 6 WICOMICO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION , P.O. BOX 1538, SALISBURY, MD 21802 113 v. Hazardous weather conditions. Hazardous weather conditions shall be interpreted to 114 mean weather conditions which would endanger the health or safety of the student 115 when in transit to and from school. 116 vi. Work approved or sponsored by the school, WCPS, or the State Department of 117 Education, as determined by the superintendent or designee. 118 vii. Observance of a religious holiday. 119 viii. State emergency. 120 ix. Suspension. Suspension is a lawful/excused absence, and the days of suspension 121 status cannot be used when determining “habitual truancy.” 122 x. Lack of authorized transportation. A student will be excused when WCPS authorized 123 transportation is not available for reasons beyond the parent/guardian’s or student’s 124 control. This does not include students denied authorized transportation for 125 disciplinary reasons. 126 xi. Other emergency or set of circumstances which, in the judgment of the 127 superintendent of schools or designee, constitutes a good and sufficient cause for 128 absence from school. 129 b. Unlawful Absence - An absence, including absence for any portion of the day, for any 130 reason other than those cited as lawful is presumed to be unlawful and may constitute 131 truancy. 132 B. Additional Absences not covered by Federal and State Regulations. 133 The superintendent of schools, or designee, may list additional permitted absences in the 134 procedure to this policy. 135 C. Attendance Intervention 136 When patterns of increasing numbers of absences, early dismissals, and/or tardies are identified 137 by the schools, strategies developed by the superintendent of schools, or designee, will be 138 implemented to address the student’s attendance. 139 D. Attendance Monitoring & Parent/Guardian Documentation 140 1. The superintendent of schools, or designee, will develop a process for recording attendance, 141 notifying parents/guardians of absences, and attendance data management. At a minimum, 142 the method of attendance recording must: 143 a. Provide information that will permit a complete and accurate reporting of attendance 144 within Wicomico County Public Schools and to the Maryland State Department of 145 Education. 146 b. Provide information on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis that can be used to identify 147 students with problematic attendance and tardiness/early dismissal patterns so corrective 148 measures may be instituted. 149 c. Provide information on students with patterns of truancy, habitual truancy, tardiness, and 150 early dismissal to the Division of Student and Family Services so that causes may be 151 identified, and interventions applied to improve the attendance and punctuality of these 152 students. Approval Status Index Code Title: Student Attendance Policy SFS-GEN-PL-019 First Adopted: 08/09/77 Legal Review: 07/29/24 08/13/19 08/01/17 Approved Revisions: 07/30/24 08/13/19 08/08/17 05/13/14 03/14/13 10/10/07 06/11/02 07/12/94 03/10/88 08/01/85 12/13/83 Effective: 07/31/24 07/14/19 08/09/17 05/14/14 03/15/13 10/10/07 06/11/02 07/12/94 03/10/88 08/01/85 12/13/83 08/09/77
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