College-Wide Attendance Policy

This policy applies to regular session classes. Attendance policies for short term, mixed term, hybrid, and online classes will differ. Attendance policy for these classes will be included in all individual class syllabi and filed on the Pratt Community College web site.

Students are expected to attend all classes, laboratories, shop sessions and other scheduled class activities and have full responsibility for accounting to their instructor for absences. Make-up work will be provided when prior arrangements have been made for the absence with the instructor. Make-up work may be allowed at the discretion of the instructor for absences without prior arrangement.

Students may withdraw from a class with a guaranteed “W” until 75% of the class has been completed. No withdrawals will be permitted after 75% of the course has been completed. After 75% of the class is completed, the instructor will assign a letter grade unless the course was originally taken as a Pass/Fail course.

At midterm of each semester, if a student is not maintaining a minimum grade point of 1.0 for that semester, regardless of cumulative GPA, the following process will be initiated:

1. Student Success Center staff will counsel with the student: a) To determine if corrective action can be taken to raise the GPA above 1.00, b) To review the College-Wide Attendance Policy with the student.

2. After this consultation, students whose GPA remains at 1.00 or less, will be required to comply with the following attendance requirements:

• If the student has been absent without prior arrangement for more than 10 percent of the remaining scheduled class time after mid-term for a course(s), Student Success Center staff will take appropriate intervention action after discussing the student’s academic status with the instructor(s) of the course(s) and the student’s academic advisor .
• If a student has been absent without prior arrangement for more than 15 percent of the remaining scheduled class time after mid-term will receive an Attendance Warning.
• If a student has received an Attendance Warning and been absent without prior arrangement for more than 20 percent of the remaining scheduled class time after mid-term for a class(es), the student will be administratively withdrawn from the class. If the class is 75% or less completed, the student will receive a “W”; if more than 75% of the class has been completed, the student will receive the grade of “F”.

3. Students who received an attendance warning and are absent for more than 15% of the remaining scheduled class time after mid-term in three or more classes will be subject to Administrative Academic Suspension from the college. Before the suspension action is taken, the student will have the opportunity for a hearing before the Academic Progress/Attendance Committee to determine if an exception recommendation should be made and, if so, what requirements will be imposed.

4. Attendance Policy monitoring will end after 75% of regular, semester long classes has been completed so that appeals do not occur near or at the end of the semester.

5. Students have the right to appeal this dismissal decision subject to the Academic Due Process procedures found the current Student Handbook. The Academic Progress/Attendance Committee will act on the appeal as quickly as possible. While the appeal is pending, the student will remain enrolled and should attend all classes.

Each curriculum department can be more stringent, but cannot be more lenient than the college-wide attendance policy. A consistent policy for each department is expected. Both the College-Wide Attendance Policy and any department attendance policy shall be included in each class syllabus.

As with all decisions or actions taken by the college, the student has a due process right to appeal the decision or action.

X This replaces policy dated Jul-09-2007, Jun-24-2008