Attendance Recovery Setup

Attendance Recovery Setup

Overview: This checklist helps districts ensure compliance for Attendance Recovery (AR) reporting in PowerSchool. There are two ways to set it up:

Option 1: Configuring AR within PowerSchool

You can use this approach if the district wants to track and manage Attendance Recovery data entirely within PowerSchool.

1. School Setup

• Navigate to Start Page > District > Schools/School Info.

• Create a new remote school by selecting the checkbox Is a Summer School.

• Enable the checkbox: "Is this remote school used for AR Programs. This field only appears when the school type is set as remote school.

2. Course and Section Setup Mark the courses and sections which deliver AR programs:

• Courses: Set "Attendance Recovery Program Indicator = Yes"

• Sections: Set "Attendance Recovery Program Indicator = Yes"

• Both course and section levels require these new indicator fields

3. Student Enrollment

• Enroll students who will participate in attendance recovery into the designated AR sections.

4. Attendance Code Setup

• Create specific attendance codes for AR tracking (e.g., AR-Present, AR-Absent)

• Enable the checkbox: "Is this an AR Attendance Code?"

• This new indicator field distinguishes AR attendance from regular attendance

Option 2: External Tracking

• Skip setup steps (1-3 above)

• For each student participating in AR:

  • Navigate to the Attendance Recovery override page

  • Manually enter recovery session dates.

Attendance Conversion

• System calculates total minutes attended using AR-specific attendance codes

• Converts minutes to days based on grade-level requirements:

  • Grades 1-3: 230 minutes = 1 day

  • Other grades: 180 minutes = 1 day