Attendance Policy and Absences
Forsyth Technical Community College
regards class lectures, demonstrations and other in-class experiences as vital
ingredients of the educational process. For this reason, students are
expected to attend and arrive on time to all class, laboratory, shop,
practicum, and clinical experience sessions.
Students are responsible for accounting to their instructors for any absence
and should report to their instructors following any absence to determine if
and when work may be made up. Habitual tardiness may, at the discretion
of the instructor, be considered in computing attendance.
Each instructor has the right to determine their own individual attendance
policy. If a student exceeds the number of absences allowed in the course
syllabus an instructor has the right to drop you from the class.
Instructors who have received an Accommodation Request Form stating that a
student with a disability has a medical condition which may affect attendance
is not required, by law, to waive the attendance requirements. The
statement is merely to inform the instructor that the absence(s) may be related
to symptoms or treatment of the condition. If you have a medical
condition which you believe may significantly impact your attendance it is
imperative that you discuss this possibility with you instructor as soon as
possible.
