§ 13-1329. Excuses from attending school
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: July 1, 2018
Effective: July 1, 2018
24 P.S. § 13-1329
§ 13-1329. Excuses from attending school
(a) The board of school directors of any school district may, upon certification by any licensed practitioner of the healing arts or upon any other satisfactory evidence being furnished to it, showing that any child or children are prevented from attending school, or from application to study, on account of any mental, physical, or other urgent reasons, excuse such child or children from attending school as required by the provisions of this act, but the term “urgent reasons” shall be strictly construed and shall not permit of irregular attendance. In every such case, such action by the board of school directors shall not be final until the approval of the Department of Education has been obtained. Every principal or teacher in any public, private, or other school may, for reasons enumerated above, excuse any child for non-attendance during temporary periods.
(a.2)(1) A school district may excuse a student from school attendance to participate in a musical performance in conjunction with a national veterans' organization or incorporated unit for an event or funeral. The national veterans' organization or incorporated unit must provide the student with a signed excuse, which shall include the date, location and time of the event or funeral. The student shall furnish the signed excuse to the school district prior to being excused from school.
“Incorporated unit.” An incorporated post, branch, camp, detachment, lodge or other subordinate unit of a national veterans' organization.
“National veterans' organization.” A veterans' organization having a national charter.
(b) Pursuant to the requirements of 22 Pa. Code § 11.41 (relating to school district policies and rules), the board of school directors shall formally adopt, as part of its written rules governing pupil absences and excusals, a policy permitting a student to be excused for participation in a project sponsored by an organization that is eligible to apply for a grant under section 5(3) of the act of July 8, 1986 (P.L. 437, No. 92),1 known as the “Pennsylvania Agricultural Fair Act.”
Credits
1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XIII, § 1329. Amended 1959, Dec. 28, P.L. 2021, § 2; 2001, June 22, P.L. 530, No. 35, § 13, imd. effective; 2014, April 18, P.L. 634, No. 40, § 1, effective in 60 days [June 17, 2014]; 2016, Nov. 3, P.L. 1061, No. 138, § 4, imd. effective; 2018, June 22, P.L. 241, No. 39, § 9, effective July 1, 2018.
Footnotes
3 P.S. § 1505.
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Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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