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Attendance Policy

The Tift County Board of Education expects students to be in attendance at school each day. The following requirements define Tift County’s expectations in accordance with state law:

Requirements for K-12 students:

  1. Students may be temporarily excused from school when:
    1. Personally ill and when attendance in school would endanger their health and the health of others.
    2. A serious illness or death in their immediate family necessitates absence from school.
    3. Mandated by order of governmental agencies, including pre-induction physical examinations for service in the armed forces, or by a court order.
    4. Celebrating religious holidays.
    5. Conditions render attendance impossible or hazardous to their health or safety.
    6. Registering to vote or voting, for a period not to exceed one day.
  2. Students shall be permitted to make up work when absences are excused.
  3. Tift County students shall be counted present when they are in attendance at least one half of the instructional day; and
  4. serving as pages of the Georgia General Assembly.
  5. Students with excessive absences will be referred to the School Social Worker. Student and parent(s)/guardian(s) will be notified by School Social Worker of their responsibilities relating to school attendance.
  6. Tift County Schools shall not release students to individuals other than custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) without written permission from the custodial parent(s)/ guardian(s). It is the responsibility of the custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) to notify the school when their child will be picked up by anyone other than those filed in the child’s records.

In accordance with the above policy requirements, the Tift County Board of Education shall establish administrative regulations to administer these expectations.

An Appeals Process shall be established by the administrative staff to consider extenuating circumstances which may need to be addressed based on individual needs.