[Pyromaniac]

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yea, i dunno how much like, academic right the univeristy gives them to ask for documentation about that sort of thing though, you know? it might violate some university policy.


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yea, this probably varies wildly from campus to campus. the first example I found just now was Lamar University:

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Students will be granted emergency leave for reason of death in the student’s immediate family. Immediate family is defined within this section as the
student’s spouse or the student’s or spouse’s parent, brother, sister, grandparent, child or grandchild. Leave must be requested in writing, with appropriate documentation attached (e.g., obituary notice) from the Vice President for Student Affairs who, if the leave is granted, will inform each of the student’s instructors.

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the dean's office (or VP/student affairs in this case) probably enforce this at either extreme, too. some won't really care if the documentation shows up, regardless of what the policy says. others are fairly bulldog about it.