Yesterday’s release contained quite a few items related to Attendance Recovery that we wanted to bring to your attention:
We’ve updated our Workflow AR document to make it clear about new set-up tasks that must be completed in order for the process to function properly.
A new District Setting for ADA Make-Up has been added and must be defined in order to enable this new functionality.
A new field (ATT.AMU) has been added to store Attendance Minutes Utilized when ADA Make-Up is applied for Attendance Recovery.
Minutes will be auto-calculated based on the student's Special Ed Alternate Minimum Day, school type, or grade level, depending on which applies.
We will be adding a process soon to automatically update the ATT.AMU field for any existing absences previously recovered via AR.
We’ve added the Attendance Recovery Bank page that provides a read-only view of each student's AR summary data.
Total Session Days/Hours Earned/Minutes Earned (from ATD)
Total Verified Absences/Absences Recovered/AR Minutes Utilized (from ATT)
Total AR Minutes Available (Total Minutes Earned – Minutes Utilized
Recoverable Absences available (Verified Absences – Absences Recovered)
A Mass Calculate AR Data for All Students button is available on the Attendance Recovery Bank page to trigger recalculation of AR data for all students with ATD records.
We will be adding a process soon to automatically update the AR Minutes Utilized (ATT.AMU) field for any existing absences previously recovered.
The new Attendance Recovery Bank looks like a useful step toward making the process more transparent. Storing the minutes earned and minutes utilized separately should make it much easier to reconcile recovered absences and identify remaining balances. It would also be helpful if future updates clearly separated total participation time from the hours that actually qualify under the one-hour rule, especially for audit reporting.
Daniel Novak
The new Attendance Recovery Bank looks like a useful step toward making the process more transparent. Storing the minutes earned and minutes utilized separately should make it much easier to reconcile recovered absences and identify remaining balances. It would also be helpful if future updates clearly separated total participation time from the hours that actually qualify under the one-hour rule, especially for audit reporting.