Prosper ISD High School Student Handbook will count against perfect attendance and may be considered when filing truancy according to compulsory attendance laws. Dental and medical appointments should be made after school hours if at all possible. A note from the doctor’s office must verify appointments when a student misses any school time. Parents of Prosper ISD students are urged to reserve vacation trips for the designated holidays. An absence for a vacation will be considered unexcused and accumulated according to compulsory attendance laws. Campuses will accept written excuses from parents not to exceed a total of five days within the school year. One note equals one day, but you do not need to send separate notes for each day of a consecutive absence. For example, a four-day illness without a medical note will be considered as four parent excused absences, but only one note needs to be sent in. After the five accepted written excuses, students will begin accumulating “excessive absences” and a parent note will no longer be accepted for consideration as an excused absence. Absences that do not fall within these guidelines will be marked unexcused. A student is not automatically excused just because a parent writes a note for an absence. [See policy FEC(LOCAL).] Driver License Attendance Verification (Secondary Grade Levels Only) A currently enrolled student seeking a driver’s license shall submit the Texas Department of Public Safety Verification of Enrollment and Attendance Form (VOE), signed by the parent, to the campus central office at least 10 days before it is needed. The district will issue a VOE only if the student meets class credit or attendance requirements. The VOE form is available at: https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/driver/forms/VOE.pdf. Further information may be found on the Texas Department of Public Safety website: https://www.dps.texas.gov/section/driver-license. .
Accountability under State and Federal Law (All Grade Levels) Prosper ISD and each of its campuses are held to certain standards of accountability under state and federal law. A key component of accountability is the dissemination and publication of certain reports and information, including: •
The Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) for the district, compiled by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), based on academic factors and ratings;
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A School Report Card (SRC) for each campus in the district, compiled by TEA;
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The district’s financial management report, which includes the financial accountability rating assigned to the district by TEA; and
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Information compiled by TEA for the submission of a federal report card that is required by federal law.
Accountability information can be found on the district’s website at https://www.prosperisd.net/Page/3376. Hard copies of any reports are available upon request to the district’s administration office. TEA maintains additional accountability and accreditation information at TEA Performance Reporting Division.
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