Background

When students are marked Absent in Edsby, school administrators may assign a reason code to each absence. Reason codes allow differentiation of absences that are Excused, Unexcused, or Sanctioned.

When counting absences, Edsby applies the following logic:

All Absences = Excused absences + Unexcused absences + Absences without reason codes

Unexcused Absences = Unexcused absences + Absences without reason codes

Excused Absences = Excused absences only

Other = Sanctioned absences (not counted toward absence totals)

Reason Codes

The full list of available reason codes is:

• Confirmed / Other
• Personal Transportation Issue
• Bereavement
• Bus Issue
• Emergency
• Family
• General Absence / Excused
• General Absence / Unexcused
• Illness / Excused
• Illness / Unexcused
• Medical Appointment
• Religious Holiday / Event
• School Activity
• School Closure
• Suspended
• Vacation / Excused
• Vacation / Unexcused
• Weather
• Withdrawn
• Truant / Unexcused

Unexcused Absences

All four reason codes for Unexcused absences are explicitly labeled.  These are:

• General Absence / Unexcused
• Illness / Unexcused
• Vacation / Unexcused
• Truant / Unexcused

Sanctioned Absences

Absences marked with "sanctioned" reason codes do not count toward any absence totals at all. The three sanctioned reasons are:

• School Activity
• School Closure
• Withdrawn

Excused Absences

All other reason codes, except those noted as Excused or Sanctioned, will produce an Excused Absence.