Florence City Schools
Student Attendance
Alabama Law provides that every child between the ages of six (6) and seventeen (17) years, and any enrolled student under the age of nineteen (19) years: shall be required to attend school on a regular basis.
The responsibility of attending school daily and being on time to classes rests with both students and parents.
An excused absence permits a student to make up missed work. However, excused absences based on parent-written notes may not exceed a total of five days per semester. Any other excused absence requires a doctor's note or written proof of required court appearance. All other absences, including suspensions, are unexcused. Makeup work is permitted upon the first suspension only if that suspension results from a Level 1 or Level 2 offense.
Students in grades K–8 are subject to being retained if they have accumulated 20 or more unexcused absences during the school year.
The high school may deny credit for a semester if the number of unexcused absences in any given class exceeds 10. In the event that credit is denied, the principal will grant an appeal hearing if one is requested.