Request and Approve a Student Absence

Submit a date range and reason for a student's planned absence, then have it approved or rejected.

For School administrators, Teachers. Updated 2026-08-01.

Overview

Absence requests record a planned student absence ahead of time, with a start date, end date, and reason. Pending requests can be filtered by status and approved or rejected by an authorized reviewer.

Steps

  1. Open Attendance > Absence
  2. Select New request
  3. Choose the student, start date, end date, and reason
  4. Submit
  5. A reviewer filters pending requests and selects Approve or Reject

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