Attendance Policies: Are Eighteen-Year-Olds Entitled to Different Treatment?.

Ennis, Trudy

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ERIC Number: EJ342582

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Publication Date: 1986

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Attendance Policies: Are Eighteen-Year-Olds Entitled to Different Treatment?

Ennis, Trudy

School Law Bulletin, v17 n4 p7-12 Fall 1986

Outlines the legal authority permitting North Carolina school officials to excuse all students' attendance under a uniform policy and applies this policy to absences and early checkouts by 18-year-olds. Cites cases supporting school officials' legal duty to consider exemptions for 18-year-olds with extenuating family circumstances. Cites 37 references. (MLH)

Descriptors: Attendance, Legal Problems, Legal Responsibility, Out of School Youth, School Attendance Legislation, School Law, Secondary Education, State Courts

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Practitioners; Policymakers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina

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