§ 7-301.1
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§7–301.1.
(a)A student’s absence due to a student’s pregnancy or parenting needs is a lawful absence as provided under this section.
(b)Each county board shall develop a written attendance policy for pregnant and parenting students that, at a minimum, meets the requirements of this section.
(1)The policy developed under subsection
(b)of this section shall:
(i)Excuse all absences due to pregnancy– or parenting–related conditions, including absences for:
1. Labor;
2. Delivery;
3. Recovery; and
4. Prenatal and postnatal medical appointments;
(ii)Provide at least 10 days of excused absences for a parenting student after the birth of the student’s child;
(iii)Excuse any parenting–related absences due to an illness or a medical appointment of the student’s child, including up to 4 days of absences per school year for which the school may not require a note from a physician;
(iv)Excuse any absence due to a legal appointment involving the pregnant or parenting student that is related to family law proceedings, including adoption, custody, and visitation; and
(v)Excuse any parenting–related absence from a class due to use of a lactation space to nurse or express breast milk.
(2)In addition to home and hospital services, the school may allow the student to:
(i)Make up the work that the student missed in a time period that equals at least as many days that the student was absent; and
(ii)Choose one of the following alternatives to make up work that the student missed:
1. Retake a semester;
2. Participate in an online course credit recovery program; or
3. Allow the student 6 weeks to continue at the same pace and finish at a later date.
(3)Each county board shall publish its written attendance policy for pregnant and parenting students on the county board’s website.