Resource Guide - Texas Workforce Commission

School Directors’ Resource Guide – Career Schools and Colleges
Policies for Attendance and Progress
Chapter 11
The Importance
of Policies
Policies for attendance and progress have a direct effect on
refunds; therefore, you must understand the specific CSC
requirements that apply to your school and your courses of
instruction.
Remember also that while CSC may approve your school to
use credit hours for academic purposes, CSC bases refunds
on clock hours and calendar years.
Attendance Policies
General
Requirements
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Subchapter L,
§807.171
The following provisions apply to all types of instruction.
• Seminars that begin and end in one day are not required
to maintain an attendance policy.
• TWC may approve specific attendance requirements for
self-paced, competency-based programs.
• CSC has no requirement to terminate a student for lack of
attendance at a point at which a refund would not be due.
• School holidays are not considered days of absence.
• A school must count the student absent for a full day
when the student fails to attend classes for that day. Any
time the student fails to attend a class or classes
according to his or her schedule, the school must count
the student absent for the time missed.
Chapter 11
Policies for October 2004 Page 11.1
Attendance and Progress