How should attendance records be maintained?
The school year must be at least 180 days. Ten days are allowed for sick days. Field trips may be counted as a day. You may follow a traditional school year, school year round, school four days per week, combine half days to equal one full day, teach on weekends, etc. Whatever combination you use must equal 180 days per year. Since PHAs business year ends June 30, we require you to document 180 days and turn in your Year-End Completion Statements by June 15. (Copies of these forms are including in your member packet.) A good way to keep up with attendance is to use a planbook or journal with weekly layouts in which the day and date are blank. You fill in the days and date each week, then keep a running cumulative total of days present and absent somewhere on the page. This makes it easy to transfer to your semi-annual progress report.
