Truancy laws outline acceptable and unlawful excuses for student absences and allow schools to develop policies to determine whether an absence is counted as excused or unexcused.  While recognizing that travel can provide many educational opportunities for students, certain criteria must be met for student absences to be counted as excused.  Whenever possible, travel should be completed during vacation times to limit the number of instructional days students miss.

If students will be absent due to travel, please notify the classroom teacher at least 2 weeks in advance and ask for a Student Travel Form.   This form must be signed by the Homebase teacher and submitted to the office prior to travel for the absence to be counted as excused.  This form is located on the school’s website. Student’s academic progress must be at an acceptable level for travel to be approved.  Due to a high volume of travel, an attempt will be made to provide students with their work in advance only if the travel request form is turned in 2 weeks prior to travel.  Work may have to be completed upon a student's return depending on the class assignments and when the travel request was made.