[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-seo-178244-105":3,"detail-sidebar-cat-1-en-105":85,"doc-detail-178244-en":131},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"ok",{"site_id":7,"language":8,"slug":9,"title":10,"keywords":11,"description":12,"schema_data":13,"social_meta":78,"head_meta":80,"extra_data":82,"updated_unix":84},105,"en","resolution-to-expand-definition-of-excused-absences-second-read-02-01-2024","Resolution to Expand Definition of Excused Absences - Second Read - 02-01-2024","","The document is a resolution from Ohio University’s Educational Policy & Student Affairs (EPSA) Committee and Faculty Senate to expand and revise how excused absences are defined in the Undergraduate Catalog, Graduate Catalog, and related Faculty Handbook references. It focuses on supporting students with caregiving responsibilities for others, including young children, partners, parents, and other individuals. It sets out what absences are considered legitimate, how instructors should handle accommodations tied to course learning outcomes, and when limits may apply due to course size or format, while also describing acceptable documentation and appeal procedures for affected grades.",{"@graph":14,"@context":77},[15,34,56],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/","Template",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/letters/","Letters",3,{"item":32,"name":10,"@type":21,"position":33},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/resolution-to-expand-definition-of-excused-absences-second-read-02-01-2024/178244/",4,{"url":32,"name":10,"@type":35,"image":36,"author":41,"headline":10,"publisher":44,"fileFormat":47,"inLanguage":8,"description":12,"dateModified":48,"datePublished":49,"encodingFormat":47,"isAccessibleForFree":50,"interactionStatistic":51},"DigitalDocument",{"url":37,"@type":38,"width":39,"height":40},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/resolution-to-expand-definition-of-excused-absences-second-read-02-01-2024/178244.png","ImageObject",442,249,{"name":42,"@type":43},"Arica Lee","Person",{"url":19,"name":45,"@type":46},"DocShare","Organization","application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document","2026-10-18","2026-09-02",true,{"@type":52,"interactionType":53,"userInteractionCount":55},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":54},"ViewAction",6,{"@type":57,"mainEntity":58},"FAQPage",[59,65,69,73],{"name":60,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":62},"Which types of absences are considered legitimate as excused absences under the revised definition?","Question",{"text":63,"@type":64},"Legitimate excused absences include illness, medical care related to caregiving responsibilities, death in the immediate family, religious observance, jury duty, and involvement in University-sponsored activities.","Answer",{"name":66,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":67},"How do accommodations work when a student returns after a legitimate excused absence?",{"text":68,"@type":64},"Students may expect instructor assistance within the instructor’s established attendance policy to arrange accommodations supporting course learning outcomes, such as makeup work and related adjustments, subject to previously announced limitations.",{"name":70,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":71},"What happens if course size or structure requires limits on excused absences or makeup work?",{"text":72,"@type":64},"In cases where the size or nature of the course makes limits necessary, such limitations should be explained in the instructor’s attendance policy statement at the start of each course.",{"name":74,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":75},"How can a student document an excused absence and appeal if their grade is affected?",{"text":76,"@type":64},"Authorized activities can be supported by notification from the sponsoring office or other required letters, and medical or dental care requires official staff notification at the time of the visit. If an instructor does not excuse absences that affect a grade, students may appeal through the normal grade appeal process up to a dean-appointed five-member faculty committee, whose decision is final.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":79,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":45,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":81,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":83,"site_id":7},178244,1790397326,{"code":4,"msg":86,"data":87},"success",[88,93,98,103,108,113,118,122,127],{"id":89,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":90,"show_sort_weight":91,"slug":92},11,"Presentations",90,"presentations",{"id":94,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":95,"show_sort_weight":96,"slug":97},12,"Resumes",80,"resumes",{"id":99,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":100,"show_sort_weight":101,"slug":102},14,"Invoices",70,"invoices",{"id":104,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":105,"show_sort_weight":106,"slug":107},15,"Posters",60,"posters",{"id":109,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":110,"show_sort_weight":111,"slug":112},16,"Social Media",50,"social-media",{"id":114,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":115,"show_sort_weight":116,"slug":117},17,"Forms",40,"forms",{"id":119,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":120,"slug":121},18,30,"letters",{"id":123,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":124,"show_sort_weight":125,"slug":126},21,"Paper Templates",5,"papers-templates",{"id":128,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":129,"show_sort_weight":4,"slug":130},158,"General","general-158",{"code":4,"msg":86,"data":132},{"doc_id":83,"user_id":133,"nickname":42,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":22,"category_id":119,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":55,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":30,"language":140,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":144,"read_time":22},8796096645457,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/800003749518d68ffe3?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1779345340919836971","Resolution to Expand Definition of Excused Absences\nEducational Policy & Student Affairs (EPSA) Committee\nFaculty Senate\nOhio University\nSECOND READ\n02-01-2024\nWhereas Ohio University and its regional campuses, and higher education institutions more generally, increasingly enroll students who may have caregiving responsibilities for others,\nWhereas Ohio University recognizes the need to support students who have caregiving responsibilities for others,\nWhereas both undergraduate and graduate students may have caregiving responsibilities for young children, partners, parents, or others;\nWhereas Ohio University strives create an inclusive classroom environment for all students and make higher education a viable option for a wider group of individuals,\nWhereas Ohio University acknowledges the critical importance of higher education to parents of young children, and that basic needs of parents must be met for them to be successful in higher education,\nBe it resolved that the definition of excused absences as stated in the Undergraduate Catalog, Graduate Catalog, and references in the Faculty Handbook sections shall be modified as follows:\nUndergraduate & Graduate Catalog:\nExcused Absences. Although instructors’ policies govern how excused - absences will be handled in their classes, certain absences are considered legitimate by the University and hence instructors should consider excused. These excused abscences  include illness, medical care of an individual for whom student has care-giving responsibilities, death in the immediate family, religious observance, jury duty, and involvement in University-sponsored activities. Students returning to a class after an excuseda legitimate absence can expect their instructor’s assistance, within the limits of the instructor’s established attendance policy, in arranging accommodations to address the course learning outcomes (e.g., makeup work, excused absences, change of grade computation).and the need to address the course learning outcomes.some accommodation (e.g., makeup work, excused absences, change of grade computation) will be arranged subject to previously announced limitations.\n. In cases of legitimate absences—such as illness, death in the immediate family, religious observance, jury duty, involvement in University-sponsored activities—There are occasions where the size or nature of the course makes it necessary to set limits on the number of excused absences or the availability of makeup work,  for exams or special events such as field trips or outside speakersfor example, for exams, team assignments, assignments requiring facilities for which access or availability is limited, or special events such as field trips or outside speakers. Such limitations will be explained in the instructor’s statement of attendance policy at the beginning of each course.\nIf you are involved in scheduled activities that might conflict with your class schedule, check with your instructor as early as possible to clarify that there will be no conflict with the policy.\nYou may document reasons for your absence as follows:\nIf you are participating in an authorized University activity (departmental trip, music or debate activity, ROTC function, or athletic competition), you can obtain notification from the sponsoring office. If you are in the military reserves and reserve training (including reasonable travel time to training locations), a letter from the commander of your military reserve unit showing the date of the absence and the reason for it will serve as prior notification.\nIf you or an individual for whom you have care-giving responsibilities receives medical or dental care from OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital, Ohio University Campus Care, or other health care facilities, you can ask for and receive official notification from the staff at the time of your visit stating you or your care recipient were seen on a particular day, in order to present the instructors of classes necessarily missed for this ","cbCaitrGp4J11j2K","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitrGp4J11j2K","docx",34655,"English","# Resolution to Expand Definition of Excused Absences\n## Scope and rationale for revisions\n## Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog - Excused Absences\n## Notification requirements and documentation\n## Grade impact and appeal process\n## Faculty Handbook - Notification of Causes of Absence","[{\"question\":\"Which types of absences are considered legitimate as excused absences under the revised definition?\",\"answer\":\"Legitimate excused absences include illness, medical care related to caregiving responsibilities, death in the immediate family, religious observance, jury duty, and involvement in University-sponsored activities.\"},{\"question\":\"How do accommodations work when a student returns after a legitimate excused absence?\",\"answer\":\"Students may expect instructor assistance within the instructor’s established attendance policy to arrange accommodations supporting course learning outcomes, such as makeup work and related adjustments, subject to previously announced limitations.\"},{\"question\":\"What happens if course size or structure requires limits on excused absences or makeup work?\",\"answer\":\"In cases where the size or nature of the course makes limits necessary, such limitations should be explained in the instructor’s attendance policy statement at the start of each course.\"},{\"question\":\"How can a student document an excused absence and appeal if their grade is affected?\",\"answer\":\"Authorized activities can be supported by notification from the sponsoring office or other required letters, and medical or dental care requires official staff notification at the time of the visit. If an instructor does not excuse absences that affect a grade, students may appeal through the normal grade appeal process up to a dean-appointed five-member faculty committee, whose decision is final.\"}]","Resolution to Expand Definition of Excused Absences - Second Read - 02-01-2024 | DOCX",1788330918]