Administrative Regulation

AR 6154

Instruction

Homework/Makeup Work

Homework

Time Guidelines

Grade Weekly Minimum Weekly Maximum

K-1 Discretion of Teacher Discretion of Teacher

2 40 minutes 80 minutes

(1st Trimester) 50 minutes 100 minutes

3 (2nd Trimester) 75 minutes 150 minutes

4 115 minutes 230 minutes

5 150 minutes 300 minutes

6 360 minutes 390 minutes

7 390 minutes 420 minutes

8 420 minutes 480 minutes

9-12 2-1/2 hours per academic subject

General Guidelines

1. Students in grades 1-8 may be assigned homework Monday through Thursday, no homework on Friday. Students taking high school credit courses (e.g., geometry) while in intermediate school are subject to the same guidelines as high school students.

2. Students in grades 9-12 may be assigned homework Monday through Friday.

3. All major projects assigned should be due prior to major school breaks and holidays.

4. Concerns about homework should be initially expressed by the parent/guardian to the teacher making the assignment.

5. Since students work at various rates, it would be impossible to have all students spend the same amount of time on homework. That is not the intent of the policy or these regulations. The intent is for reasonable assignments to be given on a regular basis. Parents/guardians are encouraged to work with students on time management.

6. Teachers are to inform students of the due dates for assignments, no matter whether the assignments are of long or short duration.

7. Homework may be either written or unwritten.

8. Teachers shall make every effort to coordinate assignments so that students do not receive a daily overload of homework.

Makeup Work

1. General

a. Students who are absent from school because of illness, injury or for any other reason deemed an excused absence are entitled to make up all work without penalty. In all such cases, it is the responsibility of the student to consult with the teacher regarding the assignments to be made up and any tests or examinations that need to be taken.

b. Students who miss work because of truancy or a class cut are not afforded these same makeup privileges and, except in those cases where special arrangements have been worked out with the school, may not make up for credit the work missed because of the absence.

c. Under Education Code 48913, a student who is suspended from school is not afforded automatic makeup rights; authority is delegated to the teacher(s) to determine which, if any, assignments and/or tests missed during the period of suspension are to be made up by the student.

2. Other Provisions

a. Students shall not be expected to take tests on the day of a return from illness, injury or family bereavement and, as a general rule, should be allowed at least as many days as he/she was absent to make up the work missed/required.

b. Arrangements for makeup work by students being released from class to participate in field trips or other school-sponsored activities must be made in advance with the teacher.

Regulation PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

approved: May 24, 2001 Palos Verdes Estates, California