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CCUSD INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM: STIS

 

  • To utilize the STIS program, we ask that you send an email to [email protected] and include your child’s teacher in the email requesting an STIS. Include the dates that your child will be absent.
  • Then, complete The Short Term Independent Study Form attached, and submit it to the front office at least 3 days before your child will be absent. Please use a BLACK or BLUE pen.  This will help us gather the necessary information and work for your student to receive credit for the day(s) they are absent.

Please note that the student's work will need to be returned on the day they return from their absence(s), and the teachers will need to check the completed work.  As a reference, I've included the only reasons for excused absences as per the California Education Code (below). If a student is absent for any other reason, the absence is considered "Unexcused."

This option is beneficial for your student, as it allows them to avoid missing additional schoolwork. It also helps the school by keeping families from receiving Truant notifications, which are mandatory through the state, and prevents the school from losing money through Average Daily Attendance (ADA) funding.

 

WHY IS Independent Study Important

 

Independent Study (IS) is an instructional choice and may not be mandated. Short-term independent study (STIS) is available to students who will miss 1 to 15 days of school. STIS is available to students who miss school for reasons that are both “Excused” or "Unexcused" by the state of California.

CCUSD is funded by attendance. Attendance in regards to funding means students attending school. Although a student may be sick, if they are not at school we don't receive the funding.

In order to help us get the funding is to have students complete Independent Study.

If CCUSD increased student attendance/completes Independent Study by 1% across the district, that is an additional $800,000.

 

To utilize the STIS program, please notify [email protected] at least one week before planned absences and as soon as possible for unplanned absences. STIS requires teacher notification and approval. Notifying the office early allows staff time to gather the necessary information and work for your student to receive credit for the day(s) they are absent.

This option is beneficial to students, as it allows them to avoid missing additional schoolwork. It also helps the school by keeping families from receiving truancy notifications, which are mandatory through the state, and prevents the school from losing money through Average Daily Attendance (ADA) funding. And helps to avoid receiving letters about Unexcused absences.

Please note that the student's work will need to be returned on the day they return from their absence(s), and the teachers will need to check the completed work.