Day Type Codes

Day Type Codes

Day Type / Code / Level 2 Code Description
Instructional Day / Instructional / Instructional day
Make-up / Make-up day
Late Arrival/Early Dismissal / Late Arrv/Early Dism
Regents-All students are expected to be in attendance whether participating in the exam or not / Rgnts Attendance
Non-Instructional Day / Teacher only / Teacher only day
Holiday / Holiday
Weather / Weather day
Emergency / Emergency day
Strike / Strike
Regents-Only students who are taking the exam are expected to be in attendance / Rgnts No Attendance
Superintendent Conference Full Day / Super Conf Full Day
Other / Other

INSTRUCTIONAL DAY: Report as instructional days only those days when school is in session, all students are expected to be in attendance and attendance is taken. For example, report NYS 3-8 assessment days as instructional days if all students are expected to attend andattendance is taken. Report Regents days as instructional days if attendance is taken. The following day type codes will be counted as instructional days for the purposes of the L2RPT Attendance/Chronic Absence/Day Calendar reports:

Instructional

Make-up

Late Arrival/Early Dismissal

Regents-All students are expected to be in attendance whether participating in the exam or not

NON-INSTRUCTIONAL DAY: Report as non-instructional days those days when students are not expected to be in attendance. For example, a full-day Superintendent conference day should be reported as a non-instructional day. Regents days when only students who are taking the exam are expected to be in attendance should be reported as non-instructional. The following day type codes will be counted as non-instructional days for the purposes of the L2RPT Attendance/Chronic Absence/Day Calendar reports:

Teacher only

Holiday

Weather

Emergency

Strike

Regents-Attendance Not Taken

Superintendent Conference Full Day

Other

Beginning in 2017-18, a day calendar must be submitted for each BOCES program type/location where attendance is being reported.

Year-round schools should report attendance and day calendar from September to June.

Please note, the count of instructional days for calculating chronic absenteeism may not coincide with the 180 Day Session Requirement for calculating State Aid. The Office of State Aid will continue to collect session days, school calendar and attendance data in SAMS for aid purposes. For additional information regarding attendance requirements for State Aid please visit

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