Q: College says I didn’t go to class on days that I did and now threatening to drop me, if I don’t make up those hours.
I go to hair school in Dallas, part of graduating is having a certain amount of hours under your belt. The school days are 3 times a week 10 hour days. The school called me in the office today and said I had missed 12.5 days and said I couldn’t graduate unless I made them up. I told them I haven’t missed any days and they said they couldn’t do anything about it, and need to make up the days or can’t graduate. Is this legal?
A:
There is a practical and a legal aspect to your question. Legally, they can require that you attend school for a certain number of hours and, in order to get a license to engage in that occupation, the State requires that you do so.
The practical aspect is proving that you did, in fact, attend the required days. The school may require an attendance sheet sign-in or login, or they may have instructors take attendance. You need to ascertain why the school thinks you missed 12.5 days, which days they think you missed, and then go get the evidence to prove that you actually attended school on the days that the school thinks you missed. That might mean getting copies of the attendance sheets you signed or getting sworn affidavits from your instructors verifying your attendance.
Legally, the school is not required to take your word for it if their records reflect that you missed 12.5 days. Legally, they most likely cannot do that.
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