N.Y. Education Law § 3211: Records of attendance upon instruction

§ 3211. Records of attendance upon instruction. 1. Who shall keep

such record. The teacher of every minor required by the provisions of

part one of this article to attend upon instruction, or any other school

district employee as may be designated by the commissioner of education

under section three thousand twenty-four of this chapter, shall keep an

accurate record of the attendance and absence of such minor. Such record

shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the commissioner of

education.

2. Certificates of attendance to be presumptive evidence. A duly

certified transcript of the record of attendance and absence of a child

which has been kept, as provided in this section, shall be accepted as

presumptive evidence of the attendance of such child in any proceeding

brought under the provisions of part one of this article.

3. Inspection of records of attendance. An attendance officer, or any

other duly authorized representative of the school authorities, may at

any time during school hours, demand the production of the records of

attendance of minors required to be kept by the provisions of part one

of this article, and may inspect or copy the same and make all proper

inquiries of a teacher or principal concerning the records and the

attendance of such minors.

4. Duties of principal or person in charge of the instruction of a

minor. The principal of a school, or other person in charge of the

instruction upon which a minor attends, as provided by part one of this

article, shall cause the record of his attendance to be kept and

produced and all appropriate inquiries in relation thereto answered as

hereinbefore required. He shall give prompt notification in writing to

the school authorities of the city or district of the discharge or

transfer of any such minor from attendance upon instruction, stating the

date of the discharge, its cause, the name of the minor, his date of

birth, his place of residence prior to and following discharge, if such

place of residence be known, and the name of the person in parental

relation to the minor.