---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 216.75"
title: "20"
number: "216.75"
heading: "When a child is a full-time student during a period of non-attendance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/216.75"
---

# §216.75. When a child is a full-time student during a period of non-attendance.


A student who has been in full-time attendance at an elementary or secondary school is considered a full-time student during a period of non-attendance (include part-time attendance) if:

- (a) The period of non-attendance is 4 consecutive months or less;
- (b) The student shows to the satisfaction of the Board that he or she intends to return, or the student does return, to full-time attendance at the end of the period; and
- (c) **The student has not been expelled or suspended from the school.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 28692, June 24, 1991, unless otherwise noted.