A permission slip is a form that a

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or other organization sends home with a

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to a

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in which the parent provides authorization for minors to travel under the auspices of the school or organization for an event, such as a

field trip A field trip or excursion is a journey by a group of people to a place away from their normal environment. When done for students, as it happens in several school systems, it is also known as school trip in the UK, Australia, New Zealand a ...

. Permission slips are required by law in many places in order for an organization to be allowed to take a student on a trip. While laws vary by jurisdiction, they are generally present in accordance with the laws minors must be given by their parents or

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s to be transported by another adult. Information that may be found on a permission slip may include the student's name, the location where the field trip will occur, and emergency contact info.

Application to adult students at a school

Some schools allow students who have reached the

age of majority The age of majority is the threshold of legal adulthood as recognized or declared in law. It is the moment when minors cease to be considered such and assume legal control over their persons, actions, and decisions, thus terminating the contro ...

to sign their own permission slips; other schools continue to require that the parent of the student must still sign the form. Many

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students object to a continued requirement for parental signature, since there is no legal necessity for adults to obtain authorization from their parents to travel or participate in any activity. School terminology {{US-edu-stub