Seat Time Recovery

Students who don’t qualify for credit because they have exceeded the allowed number of absences may participate in Seat Time Recovery.

In order to receive one Carnegie unit of credit, a student must be in attendance at least 120 hours, per unit, regardless of the number of days missed, or must demonstrate proficiency as determined by the District. This exception to the 120-hour requirement is to be administered by the District on a case-by-case basis and only for students who have excessive absences that have been approved. General requests for proficiency-based credit must be made through the process described in Regulation 43-234. Students whose absences are approved should be allowed to make up any work missed in order to satisfy the 120-hour requirement.

In order to receive high school credit after the 10th unlawful absence, “seat time recovery” is required for every subsequent absence that is unlawful. (Note: the 10 day absence limit applies to each 180-day course and should be considered 5 days for each 90-day course and 3 days for a 45 day course.). A student must attend the majority of a class session during a school day to receive credit for that class.