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Title 16 : Education
Chapter 025 : Attendance and Discipline
Subchapter 003 : Compulsory Attendance
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 1123)-
§ 1123. Attendance may be excused
(a) The superintendent of a public school may excuse, in writing, any student from attending the school for a definite time, but for not more than ten consecutive school days and only for emergencies or for absence from town.
(b) The superintendent of an elementary school held for more than 175 school days in a school year may excuse, in writing, a student of the school from attending more than 175 days.
(c) [Repealed.] (Amended 2013, No. 56, § 9, eff. May 30, 2013.)