• Please call 760-901-8401 to report your child's absence. Be sure to speak clearly and include the child's name, teacher's name, reason for the absence and the date of the absence. Please call each day your child is out. 

    The School Attendance Review Board (SARB) is designed to intervene when a school district identifies students who have problems with school attendance or school behavior. When a student develops a pattern of irregular attendance, including truancies, excessive tardies, early releases, and/or excessive excused absences, a school administrator may refer a student and his/her family to SARB. The Student Services Department is responsible for conducting the SARB meeting and making necessary referrals to the district attorney. SARB is intended to help students and their families address their problems and divert them away from the juvenile court system.

    If a parent or guardian fails to attend SARB meetings or fails to comply with the SARB contract (that is, fails to get the child back in school), the school district may file a criminal complaint against the parent or guardian for violating the compulsory education laws (Education Code sections 48200 through 48324).

  • OCEANSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT EXCUSED ABSENCE DEFINITIONS

     

    EXCUSED ABSENCE

    COMPULSORY ED EXCUSED

    CODE E

    JUSTIFIABLE PERSONAL ABSENCE

    COMPULSORY ED EXCUSED

    CODE P

    Illness or Injury

    Court Appearance

    Medical, dental, optometric, or

    chiropractic services

    Funeral services of someone other than immediate family

    Quarantine under the direction of a

    county or city health officer

    Religious holiday or ceremony

    Funeral service – immediate family (1) day in California and not more than (3) days outside of California

    Religious retreat (not to exceed (4) hours per semester)

    Precinct board member for an election per section 12302 of the Education Code

    Employment Conference

    Jury Duty

    Family emergencies

    Illness or medical appointment during school hours of a child of whom the pupil is the custodial parent

    Appearance at SARB or SART

     

    BOARD POLICY 5113: JUSTIFIABLE PERSONAL ABSENCES:

    “the pupil’s absences have been requested in writing by the parent or guardian and approved by the principal or a designated representative pursuant to uniform standards established by the governing board”, and “the Governing Board directs the justifiable absences under Education Code 48205 shall be granted only for comparable short-term absences (maximum 3 consecutive days), and that they shall not be granted for such purposes as traveling with parents on a vacation or business trip, nor for early starts or late returns from such trips”.