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EXCUSED ABSENCES Assignments and assessments may be made up under an excused absence. Late work/testing must be taken/turned in as determined by the instructor. For an absence to be considered excusable, students must provide reason for the absence to the Student Success Partner, Academic Mentor, or Instructor for approval. Written documentation may be requested. Excused absenceswill count as absences in the calculation of attendance rates and will not increase the maximum number of allowable absences. Only the following reasons will be considered as excused: 1. Personal illness/injury (verified by a physician's statement or hospital report when possible). 2. Illness of immediate family member (verified by a physician's statement or hospital report when possible). 3. Death in the family (verified by obituary or other official documents when possible). 4. Court appearance (verified by a legal court document when possible). 5. Medical/Business appointment (verified by document and unable to be scheduled at any other time of the day). 6. Military obligation (verified by official notification when possible). MAKE-UP WORK Make-up work is permitted for excused absences only. All make-up work must be comparable in content, time and delivery to the classes missed and must be completed within the duration of each module. It is the student's responsibility to communicate this to your instructor and devise a plan for you to complete the assignments and exams. Some assignments and exams may be able to be done early per instructor discretion (and Campus President's approval) to accommodate your needs. In the case of an emergency a phone call can be made to the student success partner and a message can be communicated to your instructor. Instructors and/or the Campus President may also be emailed directly. To receive FULL CREDIT, you must turn in assignment on the day and time that it is due. Assignments are time and date stamped to verify promptness. Work submitted late may be subject to a reduction of points on the assignment(s). Excused absences with documentation will be considered for assignments and quizzes/exams but late work must be turned in on the student's first day back in class. No late work will be accepted that does not fall within the constraints outlined above. LEAVE OF ABSENCE POLICY If a student needs a brief interruption in his/her training program but intends to return, the student may request a leave of absence (LOA) from the institution. The request must be in writing. Leave of absences must not exceed 180 calendar days in a 12-month period, or one half the program length, whatever period is a shorter duration. The 12-month period begins with the first day of the student's initial leave of absence. The student must submit a written, signed, and dated request and provide an explanation as to thereason for the request, including, if possible, documentation. If unforeseen circumstances prevent students from providing a prior written request, the institution may grant the student's request for an LOA, if the Institution documents its decision and collects the written request at a later date. The institution, when issuing the leave, will not grant a leave if there is no reasonable expectation that the student will return to school at the end of the leave of absence period. All Title IV loan recipients who request a leave must be notified by the financial aiddepartment prior to the leave that if he or she falls to return from the leave, it will Impact the student's loan repayment terms, including the exhaustion of some or all of the student's grace period. During a leave of absence, a student is ineligible for disbursement of direct student loans. The institution's leave of absence policy allows the student to take multiple leaves, provided that the total number of days for the leave does not exceed the maximum allowed. Leave of absences can be consecutive. If the student's leave of absence is not approved, the student will be counted as absent, and if absences are excessive, the student may bewithdrawn from the program. If the leave of absence is approved, the student may return prior to, or at the end of, the leave of absence, and resume training where the student left off, and without paying any additional tuition for the time taken during the leave of absence. Except for non -term credit hour program, upon the student's return from the LOA, the student is permitted to complete the coursework that was started prior to the LOA. Where possible, students are encouraged to begin their leave of absence after module completion, so that, when they return from an approved leave of absence, they may resume training in the next module or course. If a student does not resume attendance at the institution at or before the end of the leave of absence that meets the requirements, the institution will treat the student as a withdrawal. InterCoasi colleges School Catalog 30 1 Page