EXCUSED ABSENCES
Acceptable excuses for absences are listed below and require a parent and/or doctor’s note.
Personal Illness (must provide documentation after 3 consecutive days)
Dental or doctor appointments, or health services provided to Medicaid-eligible students
Death in the family (immediate family only)
Quarantine (as determined by a medical official) – must provide documentation
Weather or road conditions making travel dangerous (as determined by city officials)
Emergencies or unusual circumstances recognized by the principal or person designated
Observance of religious holy days (must provide documentation)
Suspensions (no parent note required)
MAKE UP WORK
Students with excused absences will be allowed to make up all work within three days following their return to school. Students will not be given a grade of "0" for missing assignments or be penalized for late work as a result of their excused absence(s). Teachers may choose to excuse a child from nonessential work.
HISD Attendance Policy: https://www.houstonisd.org/Page/71976
UNEXCUSED ABSENCES
A student is considered to have an unexcused absence if he/she does not present a written excuse within three days for one of the reasons stated above or is away from school participating in an activity not approved by the district as excusable.
Unexcused absences may be reviewed by the School Attendance Committee in determining whether to grant a student credit for a class in which the student failed to meet the attendance requirement but who met all other academic requirements for passing.
Schools shall attempt to notify parents/guardians of all unexcused absences immediately. All unexcused absences are subject to investigation by the attendance officer assigned to the school.
Unexcused absences may not be made up.