VI. Procedures for Religious Observances

guardian/custodian under the following condi ons: a. The student’s parent or legal guardian/custodian has made a request, in wri ng or verbally, to release his/her child(ren) to a specifi cally named adult prior to the school releasing the child(ren) into the adult’s custody. The adult must present picture iden fi ca on at the me she/he appears to pick up the child(ren); or b. The child is being transported by any offi cer or agent of a city, county, or state agency for the purpose of law enforcement, or if a child is being transported to a hospital or medical facility for treatment by cer fi ed or other qualifi ed medical emergency transporta on personnel. All reasonable a empts shall be made to no fy parents or legal guardians/custodians immediately upon the event of a student being transported to a hospital or medical facility for treatment. 2. Wri en permission can be assumed if a person, other than the parent of legal guardian/custodian of the child(ren), has been named on the emergency contact card/sheet maintained by the school. 3. A student may not be released to a person under the age of 18 unless that person is the parent or legal guardian/custodian of the student or the school has received wri en authoriza on to release the student to a family member under the age of 18 prior to such release. 4. This policy only applies to releasing students from school at me other than the end of the school day, the end of any school sponsored event or ac vity, or at the end of a er school childcare operated by the school.

At no me shall a student be le on school district property unsupervised at the end of the school day or school-sponsored event.

APPENDIX VI

PROCEDURES FOR RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES

Requests for Designa ng a Religious Observance Day: Religious groups may request considera on from the District to recognize religious observances on school calendar days. For example, the Jewish community asked the District to recognize major religious holidays such as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. In recognizing Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the observances begin at sundown the evening before the holiday and ends at sundown on the evening of the holiday.

Student Absences: Absences will be excused and students shall be allowed to make up work missed such as tests, major term papers, and signifi cant class reports without penalty. The me allowed for making up tests or turning in assignments shall be equal to the number of school days or number of class mee ngs missed. Excused absences for religious observances will not interfere with achieving perfect a endance.

Event and Ac vity Scheduling: When the District recognizes religious observance requests, schools must not schedule parent mee ngs, concerts, plays, athle c events, or any other important happenings on days of recognized religious observances unless granted an excep on by the Assistant Superintendent at least 4 weeks prior to the scheduled event.