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Excused absences with documentation will be considered for assignments and quizzes/exams but late work must be turned in on the student's first day back in class. No late work will be accepted that does not fall within the constraints outlined above. LEAVE OF ABSENCE POLICY If a student needs a brief interruption in his/her training program but intends to return, the student may request a leave of absence (LOA) from the institution. The request must be in writing. Leave of absences must not exceed 180 calendar days in a 12-month period, or one half the program length, whatever period is a shorter duration. The 12-month period begins with the first day of the student's initial leave of absence. The student must submit a written, signed, and dated request and provide an explanation as to thereason for the request, including, if possible, documentation. If unforeseen circumstances prevent students from providing a prior written request, the institution may grant the student's request for an LOA, if the institution documents its decision and collects the written request at a later date. The institution, when issuing the leave, will not grant a leave if there is no reasonable expectation that the student will return to school at the end of the leave of absence period. All Title IV loan recipients who request a leave must be notified by the financial aiddepartment priorto the leave that if he or she fails to return from the leave, it will impact the student's loan repayment terms, including the exhaustion of some or all of the student's grace period. During a leave of absence, a student is ineligible for disbursement of direct student loans. The institution's leave of absence policy allows the student to take multiple leaves, provided that the total number of days for the leave does not exceed the maximum allowed. Leave of absences can be consecutive. If the student's leave of absence is not approved, the student will be counted as absent, and if absences are excessive, the student may bewithdrawn from the program. If the leave of absence is approved, the student may return prior to, or at the end of, the leave of absence, and resume training where the student left off, and without paying any additional tuition for the time taken during the leave of absence. Except for non -term credit hour program, upon the student's return from the LOA, the student is permitted to complete the coursework that was started prior to the LOA. Where possible, students are encouraged to begin their leave of absence after module completion, so that, when they return from an approved leave of absence, they may resume training in the next module or course. If a student does not resume attendance at the institution at or before the end of the leave of absence that meets the requirements, the institution will treat the student as a withdrawal. CLINICAL INTERNSHIP AND EXTERNSHIP TRAINING Students are expected to begin the clinical internship or program externship component of their program as scheduled and must follow the schedule outlined on the Enrollment Agreement. Hours must be completed before the student's maximum program completion time. Clinical and Externship Sites are assigned, on the behalf of the student, by the Clinical Coordinator or the Career Services Coordinator. All clinical sites must be approved by the Career Services Coordinator and the site must meet all school requirements prior to the student's first day on site. Should the student be terminated or leave voluntarily from a site, the school may assign one additional site at which the student must complete the remaining hours, or the student may be required to repeat some or all clinical internship or externship hours as deemed appropriate by institution, based on the clinical internship or externship evaluation. If the student fails to complete externship or clinical internship experience or is terminated at the second site,the student may be terminated. Students are responsible for parking and transportation to and from the sites. Students may only attend an approved site and must complete all necessary documents prior to the start of any externship and/or clinical training. Externships and clinical internships may have a different schedule than the students' normal school schedule. Any change in the schedule noted in the enrollment agreement requires approval. Any student who interrupts externship or clinical internship training for more than 14 calendar days will be terminated. Students who do not complete the stated clinical internship or externship hours or objectives may be required to repeat those hours/training. Students must submit to the school various required clinical internship and externship documents within 14 days following this component of the training, in order to be eligible for graduation. Failure to do so will result in termination from the program. 271 Paga fnterCoast Colleges Schaul Ca011ug