Attendance for Success Act
2020–2021 IMPLEMENTATION
RELEASED 07/08/20
Reporting Requirements
The Attendance for Success Act requires that
school attendance data be reported to the New
Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED).
Students are expected to attend in-person or
remote instructional programs, as provided by
their school, each day. Attendance will be ofcially
recorded and reported to NMPED for days in which
students are physically present in schools. For days
in which students participate in a remote learning
program, schools will be required to track student
participation, but will not be required to report this
data to NMPED in the same manner as in-person
attendance.
School Building Closure
The Attendance for Success Act requirement that
teachers, or their adult proxies, take attendance for
every instructional class and school day in a public
school or school program (Section 6.A.5.) does not
apply to instructional activities or distance learning
opportunities during a campus closure related to
a health order or executive order. For the purposes
of determining the attendance intervention
tiers of support to which students are assigned
or identifying chronically or excessively absent
students, participation in offsite instructional
activities during the period of campus closure
should not be considered. However, students
are expected to participate in remote learning
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What is School Attendance?
Attendance means a student is physically
present in the school setting for regularly
scheduled educational activities or present
at a school-sponsored event.
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programs as scheduled, and schools and districts
should provide interventions and supports to
ensure student participation. Data regarding the
submission of schoolwork and participation in
online activities should be counted as participation
or engagement data and used to support student
learning and engagement with instructional
content. Schools should monitor which students
need additional supports to benet from the
curriculum, and should proactively reach out to
students who demonstrate low participation in
instructional activities, and to their families, to
offer assistance. For example, teachers should
track whether or not students are logging on to
online instructional activities. This data should be
tracked at the school site and counted towards
participation and engagement data. Schools should
monitor those students who are not participating
or engaging with online instructional activities
and provide supports as appropriate. NMPED may
request that districts and schools report who these
students are for possible statewide interventions
and support. Districts and schools may develop the
data collection tools and the policies around how
engagement should be tracked in a manner that
best reects local needs and capabilities.
Hybrid Learning Models
The Attendance for Success Act requires that
accurate class attendance be taken for every
instructional class or school program (Section
6.A.5.), and as such, schools must take attendance
when students are participating in in-person
educational activities at school or at school-
sponsored events. For hybrid learning models in
which students attend in-person classes on some
days of the week and participate in remote learning
on other days of the week, accurate attendance
data for in-person classes must be documented.
Students should not be marked as present or
absent for classes they were not expected to attend.
For example, if a student has in-person classes
on Monday and Tuesday and remote learning