Attendance Policy
Students are expected to attend all regularly scheduled classes. However, it is recognized that occasional absences may be necessary. A student who misses class is responsible for all work
missed and is expected to be prepared for the next class. Academic departments establish their own class attendance policies; however, in most cases, students are dropped after missing 20
percent of class. The instructor will explain the attendance policy at the first class meeting.
Any student who has not attended at least one face-to-face class meeting or completed the course entry quiz, one assignment/activity for an online class by the date of the ten percent (10%) point of the class has passed will be reported by the instructor as having “never attended” (NA). The student is no longer considered enrolled in the class and will not earn credit or receive a tuition refund for the course. This may also impact any financial award per federal guidelines.
Under extenuating circumstances, a student who has never attended by the ten percent (10%) date may petition for reinstatement in the class and earn course credit. The student should notify the instructor, in writing, of the extenuating circumstances prior to the ten percent (10%) date of the class and provide compelling documentation to support the request for reinstatement. Reinstatement will only be considered by the instructor when the absences were due to unforeseeable and uncontrollable circumstances. Reinstatement requires the recommendation of the instructor of the course, the consent of the curriculum dean, and the approval of the vice president of instruction.
Faculty members are responsible for administering these attendance rules for their respective courses, for excusing absences, for determining how missed work should be made up, and for assessing grade penalties. Departments may establish stricter attendance policies as required by program accreditation. A grade of “W” will be assigned for any course from which the student is administratively withdrawn.
Absences for Religious Observation
The college provides reasonable accommodations, including a minimum of two (2) excused absences each academic year, for religious observances required by a student’s religious practice or belief. Such reasonable accommodations must be requested in accordance with the procedures for this policy and include the opportunity for the student to make up any tests or other work missed due to an excused absence for a religious observance. Students may request accommodation for religious observations by completing the appropriate form in the student's MYCCCTI portal. An accommodation request imposes responsibilities and obligations on both the college and the student requesting the accommodation. College faculty are required, as part of their responsibility to their students and the college, to adhere to this policy and ensure its full and fair implementation by reasonably accommodating students’ religious practices or beliefs. Regardless of any accommodation that may be granted, college students are responsible for satisfying all academic objectives, requirements and prerequisites as determined by their instructor and the college.
1. Academic year: The sequence of fall, spring and summer semesters.
2. Reasonable accommodation: Any change in an academic course or program of study
with respect to the way tasks or responsibilities are customarily done that enables a
student to observe their religious practice or belief without creating an undue hardship.
3. Religious practice or belief: A practice or observance that is sincerely held within the tenants of
that religious belief.
4. Undue hardship: An accommodation that would require significant expense or difficulty for the
college or would result in the inability of the student to perform an essential function of their
course/program of study. The determination of undue hardship is dependent on the facts
of each individual situation.
Absences for Military Service Members
The college shall allow any enrolled student who is in the United States Armed Forces, who has received temporary or permanent re-assignment as a result of military operations or a National Guard service member, placed onto state active duty status during an academic term, to be given an excused absence for the period of time the student is on active duty.
1. The college shall provide the student the opportunity to make up any test or other work missed
during the excused absence.
2. The college shall give the student the option, when feasible, to continue classes and
coursework during the academic term through online participation for the period of time
the student is placed on active duty.
3. The college shall give the student the option of receiving a temporary grade of “incomplete”
for any course that the student was unable to complete as a result of being placed on
state active duty status; however, the student must complete the course requirements
within one (1) semester following their return from action service to avoid receiving a
failing grade for the course (refer to grades I-Incomplete under grading system).
4. The college shall permit the student to drop, with no penalty, any course that the student
was unable to complete as a result of being placed on state active duty status.