Clarifies public school student attendance recording and reporting requirements.

This bill clarifies how public schools record and report student attendance. It specifies that students must be recorded as present, absent for an excused absence, absent for a state-excused absence, or absent for an unexcused absence. The bill expands the reasons for excused absences to include physical and mental health, court appearances, and family deaths, and outlines procedures for documenting these absences. It also clarifies how excused and state-excused absences are counted for accountability purposes and requires the Department of Education to provide guidance on reporting student absences.