Wicomico County Board of Education Approval Status Index Code Title: Student Attendance Procedures SFS-GEN-PR-002 First Adopted: 05/14/14 Legal Review: 08/13/24 06/10/14 Approved Revisions: 08/13/24 12/08/22 09/04/20 08/28/19 06/10/14 05/14/13 Effective: 08/14/24 12/09/22 09/04/20 08/29/19 06/11/14 05/15/13 Page 8 of 12 WICOMICO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION P.O. BOX 1538, 2424 NORTHGATE DRIVE, SUITE 100 SALISBURY MD 21802-1538 SFS-GEN-PR-002 3. Principals are responsible for informing students, staff and parents annually of the provisions of this procedure. 4. Principals are responsible for assigning and overseeing personnel to record daily student attendance and reporting of student absences. 5. The principal of each school shall establish an effective and accurate method of monitoring attendance data. At a minimum, this method of attendance monitoring shall: a. Provide information that will permit a complete and accurate reporting of attendance to the Wicomico County Board of Education and to the Maryland State Department of Education. b. Provide information on a daily, weekly and monthly basis that can be used to identify students with problematic attendance and tardiness/early dismissal patterns so corrective measures may be instituted. c. Provide information on students with patterns of truancy, habitual truancy, tardiness and early dismissal to the Department of Student and Family Services so that causes may be identified, and interventions applied to improve the attendance and punctuality of these students. G. Penalties 1. Penalties exist as corrective action to promote good student attendance when excessive absence, early dismissal and tardiness are verified as unlawful or unexcused. Each penalty is applied in accordance with the Wicomico County Code of Conduct. The continuum reflects the age appropriate application of the disciplinary measure and is based on unexcused and/or unlawful absences, tardies, and early dismissals. 2. The penalties include: a. Office detention b. In-school intervention c. School level student and parent conference d. Central office student and parent conference e. Removal of school privileges f. Restriction of extracurricular activities H. Make-up Work Requirements 1. Any student absent for reasons coded as lawful or unlawful will have the privilege of making up work for credit. 2. Participation in class discussion and/or group work that cannot be made up or for which an alternative assignment is not provided will be excused and may not be held against the student. 3. The make-up procedure for short-term (five days or less) absence will require the following: a. The student/parent/guardian must request the missed assignments. b. Teachers are responsible for providing make-up work upon request for students who are lawfully or unlawfully absent.
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