4.76 Field Trip Absences
If a trip is only a matter of a few hours and does not involve the filing
of an expense voucher, no absence request is needed. However, if expense
vouchers are to be filed, or if the trip is an overnight trip, an absence
request should be filed. The primary reason for filing the absence request
is to satisfy the Iowa Workman's Compensation System, which expects the
individual to have obtained permission to be away from the campus on university
business.
Academic protocol requires permission of other instructors if a student
going on a field trip will miss other classes. Faculty members taking
students on field trips should pay heed to the following faculty policy:
"No faculty member has the right to require a student to attend an
extra-curricular event or take a test in his/her course at a time that
interferes with a regularly scheduled class in which that student is enrolled
unless specific permission of the office of the appropriate College Dean
is granted."
See also:
Administrative Council Approved, 1/5/67 | 
