Attendance Setup for Student Daily Attendance Report

Introduction

To support the proper extraction and reporting of Attendance Status and Modality for the Maine Student Daily Attendance Report, the setup items below must be implemented. For general attendance setup items and information, see the PowerSchool Admin Help Guide.

Attendance Code Category Setup

State Reporting versions 8.2.0 and later include the automatic setup of Attendance Code Categories for the Student Daily Attendance Report. From the left navigation menu select School, School Setup, and then Attendance Code Category.

The following list of attendance code categories appears by default:

Mapping the Attendance Code to the New Code Categories

Mapping attendance codes to the predefined attendance code categories ensures attendance status (Present, Unexcused, or Excused) and modality (In Person or Remote) are both reported. Districts must use the predefined state reporting attendance code categories but can choose to use existing or new local attendance codes.

The Attendance Codes and the Attendance Code Descriptions mentioned in this article are examples of best practice.

Report Logic

The logic for extracting Attendance Status:

• To determine a Present Attendance Status, the local attendance code(s) must have an attendance status of Present.

• To determine an ExcusedAbsence or UnexcusedAbsence Attendance Status, the local attendance code(s) must be mapped to an attendance code category.

The logic for extracting Modality:

To determine a FaceToFace or Remote modality, the local attendance code(s) must be mapped as listed to an attendance code category.

For meeting attendance, if the attendance is greater than or equal to 50% Remote, then the modality is reported as Remote.