Index absences anaphylaxis, 65 bullying, 28 attendance review See also food allergies. counseling, 29 committee, 83 Armed Services Vocational cyberbullying, 28 doctor’s note, 26 Aptitude Battery test, 27 policy, 86 excused, 23 asbestos, 59 school safety transfer, extenuating assistance animals, 17 17 circumstances, 25 attendance, 22 See also hazing. for college visits, 23 college visits, 23 bus rules, 80 for competition, 46 compulsory, 22 buses, 79 for playing "Taps", 23 doctor’s note, 26 hazardous route pickup, for students in foster driver license, 27 79 care, 23 extenuating pickup and drop-off makeup work, 63 circumstances, 25 locations, 80 military families, 16, 23 for credit, 25 required conduct, 80 parent’s note, 26 for final grade, 25 routes and schedules, 79 unexcused, 24 military families, 16 cafeteria, 73 See also attendance. official campus behavior academic programs time, 26 coordinator, 34 nontraditional, 66 parent’s note, 26 career and technical parent involvement, 66 principal’s plan, 25 education (CTE), 29 accelerated instruction students 19 or older, 22 college credit courses, attendance, 22, 24 students with 33 defined, 83 disabilities, 24 counseling, 36 failure to meet passing truancy court, 24 nondiscrimination standards on state truancy prevention statement, 29 assessment, 22 measures, 24 Celebrate Freedom Week, reading instruction, 22 unexcused absences, 24 11 accident insurance, 71 warning letter, 24 celebrations, 30 accountability of the attendance review cell phones, 43 school district, 27 committee, 25, 37 certificate of attendance, ADA/Section 504 defined, 83 53 coordinator, 66 automatic admission, 32 certificate of coursework admission, review, and awarding credit, 36 completion, 53 dismissal (ARD) awards, 28 child abuse, 30 committee, 53 bacterial meningitis, 55 class changes, 79 admissions communicability, 56 class rank, 31 college and university, defined, 55 class schedules, 31 32 prevention, 56 partial vs. full-time, 31 University of Texas at symptoms, 56 schedule changes, 72 Austin, 32 See also contagious classroom parties, 30 Advanced Placement (AP) diseases. clubs. See extracurricular courses, 33 bilingual programs, 21, 45 activities.
Index absences attendance review committee, 83 doctor’s note, 26 excused, 23 extenuating circumstances, 25 for college visits, 23 for competition, 46 for playing "Taps", 23 for students in foster care, 23 makeup work, 63 military families, 16, 23 parent’s note, 26 unexcused, 24 See also attendance. academic programs nontraditional, 66 parent involvement, 66 accelerated instruction attendance, 22, 24 defined, 83 failure to meet passing standards on state assessment, 22 reading instruction, 22 accident insurance, 71 accountability of the school district, 27 ADA/Section 504 coordinator, 66 admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee, 53 admissions college and university, 32 University of Texas at Austin, 32 Advanced Placement (AP) courses, 33 anaphylaxis, 65 See also food allergies. Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test, 27 asbestos, 59 assistance animals, 17 attendance, 22 college visits, 23 compulsory, 22 doctor’s note, 26 driver license, 27 extenuating circumstances, 25 for credit, 25 for final grade, 25 military families, 16 official time, 26 parent’s note, 26 principal’s plan, 25 students 19 or older, 22 students with disabilities, 24 truancy court, 24 truancy prevention measures, 24 unexcused absences, 24 warning letter, 24 attendance review committee, 25, 37 defined, 83 automatic admission, 32 awarding credit, 36 awards, 28 bacterial meningitis, 55 communicability, 56 defined, 55 prevention, 56 symptoms, 56 See also contagious diseases. bilingual programs, 21, 45 bullying, 28 counseling, 29 cyberbullying, 28 policy, 86 school safety transfer, 17 See also hazing. bus rules, 80 buses, 79 hazardous route pickup, 79 pickup and drop-off locations, 80 required conduct, 80 routes and schedules, 79 cafeteria, 73 campus behavior coordinator, 34 career and technical education (CTE), 29 college credit courses, 33 counseling, 36 nondiscrimination statement, 29 Celebrate Freedom Week, 11 celebrations, 30 cell phones, 43 certificate of attendance, 53 certificate of coursework completion, 53 child abuse, 30 class changes, 79 class rank, 31 class schedules, 31 partial vs. full-time, 31 schedule changes, 72 classroom parties, 30 clubs. See extracurricular activities.
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