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501. 8 Student Attendance Records

 

                                                                                                                                                                                  Code No.  501.8

                                                                                    STUDENT ATTENDANCE RECORDS

As part of the school district's records, the daily attendance of each student shall be recorded and maintained on file electronically with the building secretaries and principals.

It shall be the responsibility of the principals to ensure that such reports are filed with the board secretary, the custodian of school records.

At the end of the year, cumulative attendance records become part of the students’ permanent records.  It shall be the responsibility of the building principals to ensure that such records are filed appropriately at the end of each academic year.  This work shall involve input from the board secretary, as the custodian of all school records.

Legal Reference:    Iowa Code §§ 294.4; 299 (1995).

                                                 281 I.A.C. 12.2(4).

Cross Reference:    501  Student Attendance

                                506  Student Records

Approved:   4/14/97          Reviewed:    6/22    Revised: 6/22