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CCUSD INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM: STIS

 

To utilize the STIS program, we ask that you
  1. 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.
  2. Complete The Short Term Independent Study Form attached, and submit it to the front office. 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.
  3. The Independent Study work will be given to your student on the last day they attend school before they are out.
  4. The student's work will need to be returned to the teacher on the day they return from their absence(s), and the teachers will need to check the completed work.

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.

STIS Flyer

 

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.