Absent definition

Absent means that no family member is residing in the unit.
Absent means not in attendance for a class or school day for any reason, whether excused or not; provided that "absent" does not apply to participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities.
Absent means not in attendance for a class or school day for any reason, whether excused or not; provided that "absent" does not apply to participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities; authorized school-sponsored trips are considered an extension of the school day, and the student is not counted absent. The student, however, must satisfactorily make up all missed work in a timely fashion. It is prohibited to suspend or expel any student as punishment for truancy. A student shall not be absent from school for interscholastic extracurricular activities in excess of fifteen days per semester, and no class shall be missed in excess of fifteen times per semester for interscholastic extracurricular activities.

Examples of Absent in a sentence

  • Motion carried Aye – Helfstein, Laifman, Rosen, Ross, No – 0, Absent – Hazelton.

  • Motion carried Aye: Hazelton, Pallant, Rosen, Yeoh, No: 0, Absent: Laifman.

  • ROLL CALL VOTE:o Aye: Anderson, Gardner, Guo, O’Meara, Syedo Absent: Coyne, Dunne, Hayes, Shah✓ MOTION DECLARED CARRIED.

  • The motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: 5 (Singh-Allen, Spease, Brewer, Robles, and Suen); Noes: 0; Absent: 0.

  • Vote: 4-0-1 (Ayes: Anduri, Dawson, Candell, and Kwok; Noes: None; Absent: Gerringer).


More Definitions of Absent

Absent means that an elected municipal officer fails to perform official duties, including the officer's failure to attend each regularly scheduled meeting that the officer is required to attend.
Absent shall be defined as the teacher absent from the building while a majority of his/her students are in attendance and the absence has been recorded in Kiosk.
Absent means not present at a meeting of the Council or a Committee of the Council without valid cause or reason and absenteeism has a corresponding meaning;
Absent means not physically present or not able to be communicated with for 48 hours, or, during an emergency, a shorter period of time as determined by the city manager on a case-by-case basis. “Absent” does not include a personwho can be communicated with via telephone, radio, or telecommunications.
Absent or "absence" means a student is:
Absent means not present or in attendance at a meeting, either in person or by electronic means;
Absent or “absence” means each instructional day that a student is not in attendance at the VPK program.