Code of Maine Rules
05 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
071 - EDUCATION - GENERAL
Chapter 128 - TRUANTS AND DROPOUTS GUIDELINES
Section 071-128-10 - Register Entries for Unexcused Absences

Previously it has been pointed out that increased attention must be given to accurate record keeping by local school officials. One aspect of this procedure involves pupil attendance records which must be maintained in registers supplied to schools by this Department or on a comparable, locally designed record. If it is not already a common practice, excused and unexcused absences must be marked on the basis of each half-day the absence occurs. It is suggested that the following indicators be-used in order to easily identify the absence:

1 - excused

1 - unexcused (circle in red)

As an example, a pupil who had an excused absence in the AM and an unexcused absence in the PM, would be marked in a register as follows: