602.3 Student Day - Secondary Alternative

STUDENT DAY - SECONDARY ALTERNATIVE

In accordance with State Department of Education authorization, District No. 11 secondary principals may adjust the length of the school day for individual students provided that:

1. The student is at least 16 years of age; and
2. The student attends supervised classes in usual school facilities for not less than five hours per day; and
3. The secondary principal must design for each student exempted from the six-hour requirement a work-study option or another non-work experience of real educational value. The secondary principal shall ensure that the educational program is actually pursued. A written record must be maintained indicating that type of work-study option or other educational experience to be pursued, the reason for the exemption, and the method of ensuring that the program is actually pursued; and
4. The student's parent has approved the option in writing.