Dear Expanded Learning Grantee:

Attendance Relief Request

Education code (EC) allows programs to temporarily close due to a natural disaster, civil unrest, or imminent danger to students or staff. In order to get attendance credit for closure due to these circumstances, grantees are required to complete an Attendance Relief Request Form and keep on file in case the program site is assessed a grant reduction.

To obtain the Attendance Relief Form, contact your CDE EXLD Regional Consultant listed on the CDE System of Support for Expanded Learning (SSEL) Regional web page located at https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ex/sosexplearncontacts.asp. This form will only be requested if the program site is at-risk for a grant reduction and upon acceptance of that evidence and approval by the CDE EXLD, the CDE EXLD will apply the program’s annual average daily attendance to the days the program was closed due to the natural disaster, civil unrest, or imminent danger to students (EC Section 8482.8[d]).

These documents should be kept on file for audit purposes to show the non-operational days.