It is the policy of the School Board that absences from school for observance of a religious holiday or because the tenets of a student's religion forbid secular activity during a school day or portion thereof shall be excused subject to compliance with this policy.
The following religious holidays for which student absence will be excused:
| | | 1. | Fast in Honor of the Holy Mother of Lord Jesus
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| | | 2. | Lammas
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| | | 3. | Raksha Bandhan
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| | | 4. | Transfiguration of the Lord
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| | | 5. | Krishna Janmashtami
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| | | 6. | Laylat as-Qadr
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| | | 7. | Dormition of the Theotokos
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| | | 8. | Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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| | | 9. | Eid al Fitr
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| | | 1. | Ecclesiastical Year
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| | | 2. | His Holiness Sakya Trizin's Birthday
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| | | 3. | Nativity of Mary
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| | | 4. | The Elevation of the Holy Cross
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| | | 5. | Feast of Trumpets
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| | | 6. | Rosh Hashanah
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| | | 7. | Ganesha Chaturthi
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| | | 8. | Nativity of the Theotokos
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| | | 9. | Mabon
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| | | 10. | Yom Kippur
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| | | 11. | Day of Atonement
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| | | 1. | Sukkot
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| | | 2. | Feast of Tabernacles
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| | | 3. | Shemini Atzeret
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| | | 4. | Last Great Day
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| | | 5. | Simchat Torah
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| | | 6. | Navaratri
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| | | 7. | Birth of B'ab
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| | | 8. | Installation of the Scriptures of Guru Granth
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| | | 9. | Hajj Day
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| | | 10. | Duserra
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| | | 11. | Eid al Adha
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| | | 1. | All Saints' Day
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| | | 2. | Samhain-Beltane
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| | | 3. | All Souls' Day
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| | | 4. | Birth of Baha'u'llah
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| | | 5. | Diwali [Deepavali]
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| | | 6. | Al Hijra - 1st Muharram
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| | | 7. | Advent/Nativity Fast
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| | | 8. | The Presentation of the Theotokos to the Temple
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| | | 9. | Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom
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| | | 10. | Day of Covenant
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| | | 11. | Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Birthday
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| | | 12. | Ascension of 'Abdu'l Baha
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| | | 1. | First Sunday of Advent
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| | | 2. | Bodhi Day
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| | | 3. | Immaculate Conception
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| | | 4. | Hanukkah
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| | | 5. | Yule
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| | | 6. | Christmas
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| | | 7. | The Nativity of Christ
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| | | 8. | Zarathosht Diso
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| | | 1. | Gantan-sai
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| | | 2. | Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib
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| | | 3. | Epiphany
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| | | 4. | Feast of Theophany
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| | | 5. | Nativity of Christ
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| | | 6. | Feast of Epiphany
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| | | 7. | Feast of the Nativity
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| | | 8. | Maghi
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| | | 9. | Makar Sankranti
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| | | 10. | World Religion Day
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| | | 11. | Mawlid an Nabi
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| | | 12. | Tu B'shvat
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| | | 1. | The Presentation of Our Lord to the Temple
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| | | 2. | Imbolic-Candlemas
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| | | 3. | Chinese New Year
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| | | 4. | Shrove Tuesday
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| | | 5. | Ash Wednesday
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| | | 6. | Nirvana Day
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| | | 7. | Vasant Panchami
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| | | 8. | Purim
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| | | 9. | Intercalary Days
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| | | 1. | Maha Shivaratri
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| | | 2. | L. Ron Hubbard's Birthday
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| | | 3. | Clean Monday
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| | | 4. | Ostara
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| | | 5. | Narouz
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| | | 6. | Naw Ruz
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| | | 7. | The Annunciation/The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
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| | | 8. | Passover
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| | | 9. | Khordad Sal
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| | | 10. | First Day of Unleavened Bread
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| | | 11. | Days of Unleavened Bread
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| | | 12. | Pesach
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| | | 13. | Lord's Evening Meal
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| | | 14. | Holy Thursday
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| | | 15. | Hola Mohalla
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| | | 16. | Good Friday
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| | | 17. | Easter
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| | | 1. | Last Day of Unleavened Bread
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| | | 2. | Easter Monday
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| | | 3. | Chandramana Yugadi
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| | | 4. | Baisakhi
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| | | 5. | Souramana Yugadi
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| | | 6. | Yom Ha'Azmaut
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| | | 7. | Rami Navami
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| | | 8. | First Day of Ridvan
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| | | 9. | Lazarus Saturday
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| | | 10. | Palm Sunday
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| | | 11. | Hanuman Jayanti
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| | | 12. | The 11th Panchen Lama's Birthday
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| | | 13. | Mahavir Jayanti
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| | | 14. | Theravadin New Year
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| | | 15. | Holi
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| | | 16. | Lag B'Omer
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| | | 17. | Ninth Day of Ridvan
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| | | 1. | Beltane
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| | | 2. | Twelfth Day of Ridvan
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| | | 3. | Holy Friday
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| | | 4. | Pascha
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| | | 5. | Shavuot
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| | | 6. | Buddha's Birthday
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| | | 7. | Pentecost
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| | | 8. | Declaration of the Bab
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| | | 9. | Buddha Day - Visakha Puja
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| | | 10. | Ascension of Baha'u'llah
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| | | 1. | Lailat al Miraj
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| | | 2. | Ascension of Our Lord
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| | | 3. | Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
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| | | 4. | Litha
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| | | 5. | Pentecost
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| | | 1. | Martyrdom of the Bab
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| | | 2. | Asalha Puja Day
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| | | 3. | Lailat al Bara'ah
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| | | 4. | Ulambana/Oban
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| | | 5. | Ramadan
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| | | 6. | Tisha B'Av
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Periodically, the Superintendent shall consult with religious institutions and leaders in the community with regard to modification of the above list of religious holidays. The Board, however, is not bound by the information provided to the Superintendent by religious institutions and leaders.
The Superintendent shall establish procedures and time limits to be observed:
| | A. | by students, teachers, and administrators in making available to each student, so excused, an opportunity to make up any examination, study, or work assignment which has been missed;
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| | B. | by a student's parent(s) or guardian when giving prior notice of the student's intended absence; and
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| | C. | when giving affected students and parents an opportunity to be heard in connection with the decision not to excuse an absence on a day or portion thereof which is not included in the above list of religious holidays.
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F.S. 1003.21
F.A.C. 6A-1.09514