Requires school districts to permit students excused absences for student illness.
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Overview
This bill requires New Jersey school districts to allow students to take excused absences due to illness. Schools must include illness as a reason for an excused absence in their attendance policies. Parents or guardians will need to provide documentation, such as a doctor’s note, when their child returns to school after an excused absence for illness. The Commissioner of Education, working with the Commissioner of Health, will create guidelines for what documentation is acceptable.
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