(a) Seminars, programs, and individual subjects with
course times of 40 hours or fewer shall not grant leaves of absence.
(b) A school director may grant a leave of absence
after determining that good cause is shown.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,
in a 12-month period, a student may have no more than two leaves of
absence. For a program with course time of 200 hours or less, a student
may be on leave of absence for a total of 30 calendar days. For programs
with course time of more than 200 hours, a student may be on leave
of absence for a total of 60 calendar days.
(d) Programs with a course time of more than 600 hours,
and that are eligible for Title IV funding, may have a leave of absence
policy consistent with the United States Department of Education policy
at 34 Code of Federal Regulations §668.22(d).
(e) School attendance records shall clearly define
the dates of the leave of absence. A written statement as to why the
leave of absence was granted, signed by both the student and the school
director indicating approval, shall be placed in the student's permanent
file.
(f) In addition to the requirements concerning leaves
of absence in this subchapter, a school offering degree programs that
schedules their courses on an academic quarter or academic semester
basis may include in their attendance policies provisions for summer
leaves of absence. These leaves of absence shall not exceed the lesser
of 120 days or the interval between the end of the spring academic
quarter or academic semester and the start of the fall academic quarter
or academic semester.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §807.245 adopted to be effective August 28, 2006, 31 TexReg 6803; amended to be effective December 20, 2010, 35 TexReg 11392; amended to be effective November 28, 2022, 47 TexReg 7914 |