Policies and Procedures Manual
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Subject of Policy Statement |
Effective Date |
Policy Number |
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Attendance Policy
for the Observance of Religious Days by Students |
New
06/07/94 |
10-045 |
I. INTRODUCTION (Purpose and Intent)
In accordance with
Sections 1006.53 and 1001.74(10)(g) Florida Statutes and Board of Governors
Regulation 6C-6.0115, the University of South Florida (University/USF) has
established the following policy regarding religious observances.
II. STATEMENT OF POLICY
All students,
faculty, and staff at the University have a right to expect that the University
will reasonably accommodate their religious observances, practices and beliefs.
Students are expected
to attend classes and take examinations as determined by the University. The University will, at the beginning of each
academic term, provide written notice of the class schedule and formal
examination periods. The University,
through its faculty, will make every attempt to schedule required classes and examinations
in view of customarily observed religious holidays of those religious groups or
communities comprising the University's constituency. No student shall be compelled to attend class
or sit for an examination at a day or time prohibited by his or her religious
belief.
Students are expected
to notify their instructors at the beginning of each academic term if they
intend to be absent for a class or announced examination, in accordance with
this policy. Students absent for
religious reasons, as noticed to the instructor at the beginning of each
academic term, will be given reasonable opportunities to make up any work
missed. In the event that a student is
absent for religious reasons on a day when the instructor collects work for
purposes of grading (homework, pop quiz, etc.), the student shall be given a
reasonable opportunity to make up such work or shall not have that work
averaged into the student's grade at the discretion of the instructor.
Any student who believes that he or she
has been treated unfairly with regard to the above may seek review of a
complaint through established University Academic Grievance Procedures (found
in the Graduate and Undergraduate Catalogs) and those provided by the
University's Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity.
Renu Khator
Provost and Sr. Vice President
Judy Genshaft
President