Attendance - Determination - Policies
N.D. Cent. Code § 15.1-20-02.1
in effect15.1-20-02.1. Attendance - Determination - Policies
1. To be deemed in attendance for purposes of this chapter, a student may not be absent
from school without excuse for more than:
a. Three consecutive school days during either the first half or the second half of a
school or school district's calendar;
b. Six half days during either the first half or the second half of a school or school
district's calendar; or
c. Twenty-one class periods.
2. The board of each school district and governing body of each nonpublic school shall
adopt a policy that:
a. Defines an excused absence as any absence from school, if that absence is
supported by either a verbal or written excuse supplied by the student's parent,
teacher, or school administrator; and
b. Articulates the type of documentation that may be requested to verify a student's
absence.
3. This chapter does not preclude a school district or nonpublic school from withholding
credit, removing a student from a course, or taking other punitive measures against a
student who does not arrive in a timely fashion or who exceeds a specific number of
absences, as determined by the school district or nonpublic school.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t15-1c20.pdf#nameddest=15p1-20-02p1Fetched: 10/16/2026