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Attendance setup

For the purpose of recording student attendance at a school, you must define how attendance will be taken at a school using the various options provided by PowerSchool SMS. In general, you set up attendance-taking before the school year begins. However, some adjustments are possible as the year progresses. Once you have set up attendance taking at a school, PowerSchool SMS can calculate daily attendance codes for that school on demand or across the district at scheduled times [Calculating daily attendance codes >>].

Setting up attendance-taking at a school involves the following (in order):

= Setting an attendance method [>>]
= Setting up supplementary class attendance [>>]
= Setting up minutes-based attendance (optional) [>>]
= Defining attendance reporting periods [>>]
= Setting up school attendance codes [>>]
= Configuring attendance quick-entry buttons (optional) [>>]
= Setting the default attendance code [>>]
= Setting up the daily attendance code calculation [>>]
= Setting up attendance exception rules [>>]
= Setting up an attendance rule for credit calculations [>>]
= Setting up attendance related to student behavior [>>]

Table 27: General permissions pertaining to school attendance setup

To

You need this permission...

Set to

Details

Set up attendance in general

School Setup > Attendance General Settings

Yes

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