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ATTENDANCE PATTERNS
FILE CODE: 4151-4251
Monitored
Mandated
X Other Reasons
The board of education believes that the regular presence of assigned personnel is vital to the success of the district's educational program. Consistent absenteeism or tardiness is unacceptable and subject to disciplinary action.
The superintendent shall develop and the board shall adopt a plan to encourage all staff to strive for excellent attendance and punctuality records. These procedures should include a requirement that the staff member personally report all illnesses and request all leave at the earliest possible time. Procedures shall be in accordance with New Jersey statutes and district negotiated contracts.
Date: December 18, 1989
Revised: August 26, 2002
NJSBA Review/Update: March 2008
Readopted: August 25, 2008
Key Words
Employee Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Attendance
N.J.S.A. 18A:11-1 General mandatory powers and duties
N.J.S.A. 18A:27-4 Power of boards of education to make rules governing employment of teacher, etc.; employment thereunder
N.J.S.A. 18A:29-14 Withholding increments; causes; notice of appeals
N.J.S.A. 18A:30-1 et seq. Sick Leave
N.J.S.A. 18A:54-20 Powers of board (county vocational schools)
N.J.A.C. 6A:30-1.1 et seq. Evaluation of the Performance of School Districts
N.J.A.C. 6A:32-2.1 Definitions
Montville Education Ass'n v. Montville Bd. of Ed., 1984 S.L.D. 550, rev'd St. Bd.
1984 S.L.D. 559, rev'd App. Div., unreported decision (docket no. A-1178-84T7,
decided December 6, 1985) 1985 S.L.D. 1972, decision on remand, St. Bd., 1986
S.L.D. 3113
Burlington Educational Ass'n v. Burlington Bd. of Ed., 1985 S.L.D. 889, aff'd St. Bd. 1985 S.L.D. 912
Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education v. Scotch Plains-Fanwood Education Association, 270 NJ Super 444 (App. Div. 1994); rev'd. 139 NJ 141 (1995)