Common use of Voluntary Statement Clause in Contracts

Voluntary Statement. Independent study is an optional educational alternative in which no pupil may be required to participate. Students and their parents voluntarily select this educational setting, including expelled students and students whose expulsion has been suspended (Ed. Code 48915 or 48917). No students are assigned to independent study if this is not a choice they have made. All students who choose independent study have the continuing option of classroom instruction. In alignment with board policy, assignments are due on the date set by teachers, unless a prior exception has been approved by the teacher. Teachers will clarify the quality and quantity of work expected for each assignment. After three missed assignments during any period of 45 school days, or two consecutively missed appointments with the supervising teacher, without valid reasons, an evaluation will be made to determine whether independent study is an appropriate educational strategy for this student. Should it be determined that independent study is not an appropriate choice, the student will be returned to a regular classroom setting within the district.