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It would help if MCPS had a consistent policy that school administration has to follow when children are sick and provide medical documentation, but the fact is that the school administration has broad discretion on how they handle individual situations.  The result for my child would have been unjustly punitive so my child took her exams while she was sick.  [/quote]

MCPS has a consistent policy:  https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/ikara.pdf

4. Teachers are responsible for the following:
c) Allowing makeup work, regardless of the reason for the student’s absence. Teachers may assign an equivalent, but different task or assessment to students when they return from any absence. For unlawful absences, teachers may deny credit for missed assignments or assessments in accordance with the process approved by the principal and the leadership team;

And illness of the student is a lawful/excused absence: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/jeara.pdf

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