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Article 1.1. Record of Verification of Absence Due to Illness and Other Causes. Absences Allowable as Attendance.
Absence due to any one or more of the following causes, when verified in accordance with this article, is allowable as attendance in a regular full-time day school as defined in Section 2(i) maintained by a district and in a school or class maintained by a county superintendent of schools:
(a) Illness.
(b) Quarantine directed by a county or city health officer.
(c) Having medical, dental, or optometrical services rendered.
(d) Attending funeral services of a member of the pupil's immediate family to the extent of not more than one day if the service is conducted in California and not more than three days if the service is conducted outside of California. Members of an immediate family are, for purposes of this subsection, those relationships set out in Education Code Section 45194 except that references therein to "employee" shall be deemed to be references to "pupil."
Authority cite:
Education Code 46000
(Amended by Register 77, No. 39.)