Johnson County Community College
Series 300: Student Personnel
Section 314: Academic Policies

It is the policy of JCCC that punctual attendance at all scheduled classes is regarded as integral to all courses and is expected of all students. Each JCCC faculty member will include attendance guidelines in his or her course syllabus: students will be responsible for knowing and adhering to these guidelines. Penalties for excessive absences may include reduction of grade. It is the student's responsibility to obtain class materials missed due to absence.

Students who, by the end of the second week of the semester, (prorated for classes less than 16 weeks in length) have not attended at least one session of each course in which they are enrolled, are subject to being dropped from those courses not attended with no forgiveness of tuition and fees.

Students enrolled in distance learning courses are subject to being dropped if they do not fulfill the initial requirements established in the course syllabus. Distance learning courses are offered in a variety of ways and include on-line courses, television courses, self-paced, or video-tape based, and some use a combination of approaches.

Students under obligation to participate in jury duty, required military duty, a generally recognized religious observance, and/or activities where they are required to represent the college must give written notice to the faculty member at least one week in advance of the observance. Questions on whether a religious holiday is recognized and/or an activity is college-sponsored should be directed to the vice president of Student Services and/or the Student Affairs Committee. Students shall be accorded the opportunity to independently make up course work or work of equal value, for the day(s) the event was scheduled and to take a scheduled exam at an alternate time determined by the instructor. Failure to provide timely written notice may result in loss of this opportunity. Students should be aware that the quality of the learning experience may suffer as a result of the absence if the course work is not made up.

For all other absences, authorization of excuse is the province of the individual faculty member and subject to the standard appeal process.

Students receiving benefits from a governmental agency must follow any policy the specific agency stipulates. Lack of attendance may impact financial aid.

Date of Adoption:
Revised: 7/23/92, 6/19/97, 2/15/01, 5/17/07, 12/13/07