As a college student suffering from physical and mental illnesses that inhibit my ability to attend class, it is already difficult enough to pass my classes when I can't get the information from lectures. (For context, I inherited a disease from my dad that sets in around age 20, that makes it nearly impossible for me to keep food down, and is only reversible with surgery; on top of this, I already have a severe restrictive-intake eating disorder that is negatively impacting my health.)

But having my grade lowered even further because attendance is graded (and having my doctor's note turned away on top of it all!) is an unnecessary double-whammy that's taking a toll on my already deteriorating and unstable health.

There are likely many other college students suffering the same struggle I am, which will be shown later by the results of this petition.

If you make it illegal to grade based on attendance (especially in the case of ill or disabled students) you'd be drastically increasing the number of intelligent, hard-working students who are currently struggling due to this unfair method of grading that graduate.

As long as students get their homework done and do well on testing, they should be allowed to pass their classes, regardless of their physical inability to attend class holding them back.

By doing this, you will increase the number of college graduates in California, as well as benefit disabled students. You will also be helping to make sure financially struggling students do not spend more money than they need to on college due to failing classes that they would have passed if it hadn't been for the unfair attendance-based grading.