{"data":{"id":"us-de/14-del.-c.-2707","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"14 Del. C. § 2707","heading":"Religious holidays.","body":"(a) A pupil’s absence from school for the observance of a religious holiday is a necessary and excused absence.\n(b) A list of religious holidays on which a pupil’s absence shall be excused shall be created by the Secretary of Education and placed in regulation. The list of approved religious holidays is not a limit on the power of school districts or charter schools to excuse absence on any other day for the purpose of religious or cultural observance.\n(c) A signed, written excuse from the pupil’s parent or guardian is required in order to excuse an absence under this section.\n(d) A pupil of any public school, who is absent by reason of observance of a religious holiday, may not be deprived of any award or eligibility or opportunity to compete for any award.\n(e) School districts and charter schools must have a policy discouraging teachers from scheduling major grading events, such as tests, examinations, presentations, or project due dates on religious holidays. A pupil who misses a grading event due to excused absence for observance of a religious holiday must be allowed the opportunity to take an alternate test or given some other means to recover credit.","path":["Title 14. Education","Free Public Schools","CHAPTER 27. School Attendance","Subchapter I. School Attendance Requirements"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title14/c027/sc01/index.html#2707","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:18Z","sha256":"a5059046d3e71bd60ea0e67d756f51dbcdce81ad8cc3b15fe51f4edefcc4ae57","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/14-del.-c.-2706","next":"us-de/14-del.-c.-2721"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}