MS SB2064

Establishes state standards requiring parents/guardians to ensure regular school attendance and notify schools of legitimate absences, while students must contact teachers about make-up work and obtain checkout slips when leaving during the day

Requires classroom teachers to record and verify daily student attendance and develop grading guidelines that promote attendance, class participation, and academic achievement

Mandates each school develop a schoolwide attendance plan that includes rationale for attendance importance, responsibilities for all stakeholders, procedures for managing absences, consequences for unexcused absences, and make-up work guidelines

Requires secondary school teachers to create disclosure statements for each course outlining grading expectations for assessments, assignments, and classroom attendance/participation, with administrative approval required before distribution

Defines legitimate absences as verified illness, medical appointments, bereavement, court appearances, emergencies, pre-approved educational leave, and special family or religious events, with students allowed to make up work for these absences