Student Daily Attendance Codes and Code Categories

Attendance Code Categories

Attendance categories are case-sensitive and must be spelled exactly as shown below. Attendance code categories are associated with a specific school, but not a specific school year; i.e., they are copied from year to year.

Code	Description
Suspension	In-School Suspension
SDA	Student Daily Attendance

Attendance Codes

Attendance codes are associated with a specific school and are specific to a school year. Therefore, they have to be set up every year at the start of the school year.

The following attendance codes are used for SIF only. They must not be used to take attendance. They are case-sensitive and must be spelled exactly as shown below.

Code	Description	Category	Mark as:	Teacher Can Assign	Attendance Earns ADA Credit	Attendance Counts Toward Membership
FDA	N/A	SDA	Absent	No	Uncheck	Uncheck
HDA	N/A	SDA	Absent	No	Uncheck	Uncheck
FDP	N/A	SDA	Present	No	Uncheck	Uncheck

The following attendance codes are used for SIF and also to take attendance. They are case-sensitive and must be spelled exactly as shown below.

Code	Description	Category	Mark as:	Teacher Can Assign	Attendance Earns ADA Credit	Attendance Counts Toward Membership
COV	N/A	SDA	Absent	Yes	Check	Check
DVA	N/A	SDA	Absent	Yes	Check	Check
DVP	N/A	SDA	Present	Yes	Check	Check