2019-2020 Adopted Student Attendance Accounting Handbook
2019?2020 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook
Texas Education Agency August 2019
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State Board of Education
DONNA BAHORICH Chair Houston District 6
GEORGINA C. P?REZ El Paso District 1
RUBEN CORTEZ JR. Secretary Brownsville District 2
MARISA B. PEREZ-DIAZ Converse District 3
LAWRENCE A. ALLEN JR. Houston District 4
KEN MERCER San Antonio District 5
MATT ROBINSON Friendswood District 7
BARBARA CARGILL Conroe District 8
KEVEN ELLIS Lufkin District 9
TOM MAYNARD Florence District 10
PATRICIA HARDY Fort Worth District 11
PAM LITTLE Fairview District 12
AICHA DAVIS Dallas District 13
SUE MELTON-MALONE Waco District 14
MARTY ROWLEY Vice Chair Amarillo District 15
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Foreword
All public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in Texas are required to submit student attendance data through the Texas Student Data System Public Education Information Management System (TSDS PEIMS). The Student Attendance Accounting Handbook (handbook) supports that requirement and establishes related student attendance accounting requirements. The handbook:
? describes the Foundation School Program (FSP) eligibility requirements of all students, ? prescribes the minimum standards for all attendance accounting systems, ? lists the documentation requirements for attendance audit purposes, and ? details the responsibilities of all district and charter school personnel involved in student
attendance accounting. The handbook is for all Texas school district and charter school personnel involved in the student attendance accounting process. No school district or charter school official (or any other person in your district or charter school) has the authority, either implied or actual, to change or alter any rules, regulations, or reporting requirements specified in this handbook. Mike Morath Commissioner of Education
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Acknowledgments
The following were involved in the development of this publication.
Texas Education Agency
David Marx Director, Financial Compliance
Yolanda Walker Manager, Financial Compliance
Staff members from the following divisions:
Charter Schools College, Career and Military Preparation Curriculum Financial Compliance Early Childhood Education Early College Education Governance & Investigations Informational Technology Services Instructional Resources & State Programs Legal Services Research and Analysis Special Education Programs Special Operations Special Populations Standards and Support Services State Funding
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Texas Education Agency
2019?2020 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook
Contents
SECTION 1 OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................17
1.1 Student Attendance and FSP Funding ............................................................................................................ 18 1.2 Taking and Recording Student Attendance .................................................................................................... 19 1.3 Reporting of Attendance Information to TEA ................................................................................................. 19 1.4 Storage of Attendance Information................................................................................................................ 19 1.5 Auditing of Attendance Information .............................................................................................................. 20 1.6 How to Use This Handbook ............................................................................................................................ 20 1.7 Significant Changes ........................................................................................................................................ 21
SECTION 2 AUDIT REQUIREMENTS....................................................................................................23
2.1 General Audit Requirements.......................................................................................................................... 23 2.2 Accounting System Requirements.................................................................................................................. 24
2.2.1 Paper-Based Attendance Accounting Systems vs. Automated Attendance Accounting Systems .................24 2.2.2 Automated Attendance Accounting Systems ................................................................................................25 2.2.3 Paperless Attendance Accounting Systems ...................................................................................................25 2.2.4 Disaster Recovery ..........................................................................................................................................26 2.2.5 Attendance System Procedures Manual........................................................................................................26 2.3 Required Documentation............................................................................................................................... 26 2.3.1 Student Detail Reports...................................................................................................................................27 2.3.2 Campus Summary Reports.............................................................................................................................28 2.3.3 District Summary Reports ..............................................................................................................................29 2.3.4 Reconciliation of Teacher's Roster Information and Attendance Accounting Records .................................30 2.3.5 Additional Required Documentation .............................................................................................................31
SECTION 3 GENERAL ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS..........................................................................33
3.1 Responsibility................................................................................................................................................. 33 3.2 Membership and Eligibility for Attendance and Foundation School Program (FSP) Funding .......................... 34
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3.2.1 ADA Eligibility Coding.....................................................................................................................................34 3.2.2 Funding Eligibility ...........................................................................................................................................37 3.2.3 Age Eligibility..................................................................................................................................................40 3.2.4 Dual Credit (High School and College or University)......................................................................................43
3.3 Enrollment Procedures and Requirements..................................................................................................... 43 3.3.1 Residency .......................................................................................................................................................43 3.3.2 District Responsibility to Secure Student Records .........................................................................................44 3.3.3 Documentation of Identity and Age ..............................................................................................................45 3.3.4 Failure to Receive Student Records and Discrepancies in Student Names....................................................45 3.3.5 Entry and Reentry Dates ................................................................................................................................46 3.3.6 Student Entitlement to Attend School in a Particular District .......................................................................46 3.3.7 Homeless Students ........................................................................................................................................48 3.3.8 Immunization .................................................................................................................................................48 3.3.9 Infants and Toddlers with Auditory or Visual Impairments or Both ..............................................................49 3.3.10 Students Who Have Earned a Texas Certificate of High School Equivalency (TxCHSE) or Have Been Court Ordered to Obtain a TxCHSE...................................................................................................................................49
3.4 Withdrawal Procedures ................................................................................................................................. 49 3.4.1 Students 19 Years of Age or Older .................................................................................................................49 3.4.2 Temporary Absences and Withdrawal...........................................................................................................50 3.4.3 Students Whose Whereabouts Are Unknown ...............................................................................................50 3.4.4 Information and Record Transfer ..................................................................................................................50 3.4.5 Students 21 Years of Age or Older and Placement in a Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP) or JJAEP ...................................................................................................................................................................51
3.5 Compulsory Attendance................................................................................................................................. 51
3.6 General Attendance-Taking Rules .................................................................................................................. 52 3.6.1 Manual Entries for or Corrections to Student Attendance Data ...................................................................53 3.6.2 Time of Day for Attendance Taking ...............................................................................................................53 3.6.3 Requirements for a Student to Be Considered Present for FSP (Funding) Purposes.....................................55 3.6.4 Excused Absences for Compulsory Attendance Purposes .............................................................................60 3.6.5 Instruction Provided outside of the Regular School Day ...............................................................................61 3.6.6 Attendance Accounting during Testing Days .................................................................................................61 3.6.7 Attendance and Students Who Are Not in Membership or Are Served outside the Home District..............61 3.6.8 Tardies............................................................................................................................................................62 3.6.9 Effective Dates for Program Changes ............................................................................................................62 3.6.10 Students Attending Nonresidential Treatment Facilities.............................................................................62
3.7 General Education Homebound (GEH) Program ............................................................................................. 63 3.7.1 GEH Policy Requirements ..............................................................................................................................63 3.7.2 GEH Committee .............................................................................................................................................63 3.7.3 GEH Funding Chart.........................................................................................................................................64 3.7.4 Test Administration and GEH.........................................................................................................................65 3.7.5 Transition from GEH to the Classroom ..........................................................................................................65 3.7.6 Transitioning Students with Chronic Illness between Homebound and the Classroom................................66 3.7.7 Students with a Recurring Chronic or Acute Health Condition......................................................................66
3.8 Calendar......................................................................................................................................................... 67 3.8.1 Makeup Days and Waivers.............................................................................................................................69 3.8.2 Closures for Bad Weather or Other Issues of Health or Safety......................................................................72 3.8.3 Summer School and State Funding ................................................................................................................77
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