Florida school district, the 9th largest in the nation, will no longer allow excused absences for students who remain at home due to Covid-19 concerns.
, there are 19,548 confirmed cases within the district — 3,877 employees, 15,594 students and 77 vendors or visitors.
"Additionally, the State has not extended the quarantine code to be used in accommodation of absences in our attendance records, so students should be considered truant for non-attendance,” the district added in its announcement."We simply must discontinue the provision." The consequence for noncompliance with the policy change was unclear Thursday. However, the district said parents who want to keep their children out of school can enroll their kids in Home School Education.
The updated guidance impacts students staying home as a precaution — not children who test positive for Covid-19. The district added that if a student is exhibiting illness or symptoms of Covid-19, they should be kept at home. Under previous safety protocols, if a child was sick, staying home due to exposure to the virus or kept home by their parents out of an abundance of caution, they were given an excused absence, according to the
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