IKAD: Grade Reduction/Credit Denial

Code: IKAD

Adopted: 12/08/10

Grade reduction or credit denial determinations may include student attendance.  Student attendance may not be a sole criterion.  If attendance is a factor, prior to a grade reduction or credit denial, the following shall occur:

1. The teacher will identify how the attendance and class participation is related to the instructional goals of the subject or course;
2. Parents and students will be informed;
3. Due process procedures are available to the student when the grade is reduced or credit denied for attendance rather than academic reasons;
4. Reasons for nonattendance are considered and the grade is not reduced or credit denied based upon absences due to:

          a.        Religious reasons;

          b.        A student’s disability; or

          c.        An excused absence, as determined by the district’s policy.

END OF POLICY

Legal Reference(s):

ORS 339.260

ORS 339.280