Apparently, Rep. King was absent on the first day of the new Congress when the Constitution was read out loud on the floor of the House of Representatives.
What teachers are being told not to do is to take part in more than three lesson observations a year (where senior or other staff sit in on lessons), attend meetings outside of the normal day, prepare more than one written report to parents and cover for absent colleagues.
The Ayrshire side have never been absent from the Scottish Premier League and finish the season two points clear of their final-day opponents at Rugby Park.
Having been absent with a broken finger during the Aussies' 6-1 trouncing of England in the recent one-day series, Ponting showed no ill effects, keeping his team on course for victory while others perished to Chawla's leg-spin and India's number one spinner Harbhajan Singh (3-15).