ATTENDANCE

Effective Date
March 1984
Last Revision Date
January 2026
Policy Owner
Chief Academic Officer 

1. Policy & Purpose 

Regular attendance is essential for student success. Students are expected to attend all class, lab and clinical sessions for each course in which they are enrolled.  Students are expected to make up any work they miss during excused absences. It is the student’s responsibility to contact their instructor before their absence if they will miss course assessments, and to provide acceptable documentation of the absence upon their return. If a student misses too many classes (as defined in the faculty's attendance policy), a faculty member may drop that student from the course during the drop period. Students who are administratively dropped by their faculty are subject to the refund schedule; no exceptions will be made. 

Students are responsible for all course requirements from the start of the course, not from the time at which they added a course to their schedule. Students who need their attendance record kept for any reason should notify the faculty member.  Each faculty member should establish an attendance policy for each course and publish it in the course syllabus.  

Students are required to demonstrate participation in each class by the deadline set by the Registrar. Students who fail to demonstrate participation risk being administratively dropped from the course.  

Policy included in Western Wyoming Community College Catalog 

Last Review Date: January 2026

History
Adopted: March 8, 1984
Revised: May 26, 1988
Revised: July 16, 2008
Revised: July 20, 2011
Revised: October 16, 2014
Reformatted: March 17, 2017
Revised: January 8, 2026 (Renumbered from 5210A)

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Procedure 5210A

ATTENDANCE

Effective Date
July 2008
Last Revision Date
January 2026
Policy Owner
Chief Academic Officer 

1. Procedure

Official excused absences are those that occur when students are representing the institution or are on College-sponsored trips (including athletics, field trips or other official travel). Other excused absences are those that occur for documentable medical, family emergency, religious obligations or jury duty. (Federal law states that jury duty and religious obligation constitute excused absences.) Activity sponsors and coaches should provide a schedule of activities and a list of participants at the beginning of the semester or block. The students must notify faculty one week in advance of scheduled absences or as soon as possible after excused absences. Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of the student's right to make up work. 

A student is expected to make up work missed. In situations where the academic experience cannot be repeated or an equivalent educational experience cannot be offered or make-up work is not practical, the issue of class attendance may be resolved through a cooperative effort of the activity sponsor, the student and the faculty member. 

Appeals regarding attendance decisions shall be submitted to the appropriate School Dean and the Vice President of Academic Affairs within ten (10) working days of the end of the semester. Their decision is final. 

Procedure included in Western Wyoming Community College Catalog 

Last Review Date: January 2026

History
Adopted: July 16, 2008
Revised: July 20, 2011
Revised: October 16, 2014
Reformatted: March 17, 2017
Revised: January 8, 2026 (Renumbered from 5210A)