Attendance

What is good attendance? 

Missing school one day or less each month or no more than nine days a year.

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In brief, Virginia law:

  • requires parents to send children to school

  • requires students to attend school

  • requires schools to take specific actions when children are not enrolled or students fail to attend

  • authorizes law enforcement officers to pick up students who are skipping school

  • authorizes juvenile courts to take action against parents and/or children for failure to attend school

Parents can verify their student’s absences by using one of the following methods: