1. Each student shall, upon notifying his or her instructor, be excused from class to observe a religious holy day of his or her faith.
2. While the student will be held responsible for the material covered in his or her absence, each student shall be permitted a reasonable amount of time to make up the work missed.
3. Professors and University administrators shall in no way arbitrarily penalize students who are absent from academic or social activities because of religious holy day observance.
Grievance Procedure. Students who feel that this policy has been improperly applied in specific instances may have their grievances addressed through the general academic appeals process;. In this process, the student brings a complaint first to the instructor, then to the department chairman, and finally to the academic dean appropriate to the course involved, stopping at the level at which the complaint is resolved. If no resolution is reached, the student brings the complaint to the attention of the Dean of the Faculties for either resolution or referral to the Student Academic Relations Committee of the Faculty Senate. This committee has the authority to direct through the Vice President for Academic Affairs that corrective action be taken when justified.
The Florida State University policy also provides that "a faculty member who wishes to observe a religious holy day shall notify the department chairman or academic dean as soon as possible in order that arrangements may be made for the meeting of classes and the performance of other scheduled activities."