IEP Absenteeism and Tardiness Policy – Effective Fall 2006

All new students and returning students in good standing are limited to a total of 40 absence hours each quarter. The number of allowable absences is calculated at the rate of one hour per class per week. All returning students on Attendance Probation are limited to a total of 25 absence hours in one quarter.

You are responsible for keeping track of your own absences. (Students studying part-time* or who arrive late will have the number of allowable absences reduced in proportion to the amount of time they are here.)

*Absences allowed for part-time students

If you arrive to class...

1. 1-20 minutes late you will be marked tardy. Four separate late arrivals (in one class) equal 1 hour of absence. 

2. 20 or more minutes late you will be marked absent 1 hour.

All absences are counted! There are no excuses. Instructors mark each student's attendance in every class. These reports are turned in weekly, so that absence hours can be entered into a database for accurate accounting.

If you receive a 2^nd Warning, you must report to the Associate Director.

If you receive a 3^rd Warning, you must report to the Associate Director.

If you exceed the maximum number of hours allowed, you will not receive grades, and you will not be awarded a certificate.

If you exceed the maximum number of hours allowed and wish to enroll for the following quarter, you must continue attending classes, and your teachers must recommend that you be allowed to return. If you are allowed to return the following quarter, you will be placed on Attendance Probation and Academic Probation. If you do not continue attending classes: 1) you will be dismissed; 2) your status in SEVIS will be terminated; and 3) you will not be re-admitted for the following quarter.

Attendance Probation

Attendance Probation means that you are allowed only 25 (instead of 40) hours of absences. If you are on Attendance Probation and exceed the 25-hour limit, you will be dismissed and will not be allowed to re-enroll in the program for a year.

Academic Probation

If you receive two Ds or two Fs or one D and one F during a quarter, you will be put on Academic Probation the quarter you return.  If you again receive two Ds and/or Fs, you will not be able to re-enroll in the program for a year.