ColoradoSkiBum wrote:


If your child is missing school because she's sick, then she is *not*
truant. The school cannot punish/penalized you or her for missing due to
illness. They may require that you provide a doctor's note (which is a real
PITA since it means you have to take her to the doctor if she's sick), but
that's as far as they can go.


On the contrary, thanks to the reforms associated with
"No Child Left Behind" that's not true. They *can* create
problems with too many absences *even* if they're excused, and
even if there are doctor's notes.

Best wishes,
Ericka