North Dakota Code 15.1-20-02.1 – Attendance – Determination – Policies
1. To be deemed in attendance for purposes of this chapter, a student may not be absent from school without excuse for more than:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 15.1-20-02.1
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
a. Three consecutive school days during either the first half or the second half of a school or school district’s calendar; b. Six half days during either the first half or the second half of a school or school district’s calendar; or
c. Twenty-one class periods.
2. The board of each school district and governing body of each nonpublic school shall adopt a policy that:
a. Defines an excused absence as any absence from school, if that absence is supported by either a verbal or written excuse supplied by the student’s parent, teacher, or school administrator; and
b. Articulates the type of documentation that may be requested to verify a student’s absence.
3. This chapter does not preclude a school district or nonpublic school from withholding credit, removing a student from a course, or taking other punitive measures against a student who does not arrive in a timely fashion or who exceeds a specific number of absences, as determined by the school district or nonpublic school.