What A-210 requires
- An attendance committee of school staff, including teachers, administrators, attendance teachers and guidance counselors.Section III.F
- Weekly attendance team meetings.Section III.F
- Using NYCPS data and case studies to find and resolve the reasons behind lateness and absence, and to improve attendance policies.Section III.F
- Checking that reason codes, outreach and interventions are entered in ILOG.Section III.F
- A school avoidance liaison on the committee: a pedagogue, administrator, guidance counselor or social worker who works at the school full time and is trained on school avoidance.Section III.G
- An attendance coordinator, appointed by the principal, who runs the attendance program.Section III.E
Who belongs in the room
The required roles above. A-210 doesn’t say who leads the meeting; the attendance coordinator, who runs the school’s attendance program, is the natural lead. If your school has a community school partner or Success Mentors, invite the staff who make attendance calls too. A-210 doesn’t require it, but the meeting works best when everyone working the list sits at one table, looking at the same names.
A 30-minute agenda
A suggested agenda. Times are a guide; the order matters more.
Last week’s numbers · 5 min
Attendance rate, and the students who became chronically absent (90% or below) or at risk (91 to 93%) last week. Those are A-210’s definitions (Section III.D).
Students getting close to a 407 · 5 min
Who is near a Form 407 referral: students absent several days in a row, students with a prior 407, and Pre-K to grade 8 students piling up absences over four months. Give each one an owner today.
Three or four case reviews · 12 min
For each student: what has been tried, the barrier you think is behind it, one next step, an owner and a date. A-210 expects an attendance success plan, made with the parent and student, for every chronically absent student (Section III.H). If there isn’t one yet, that is the next step.
Last week’s follow-ups · 5 min
Every next step from last week: done, not done, and what changed. Anything not done gets a new date or a new owner.
ILOG check · 3 min
Every call, reason code and intervention from the week is in ILOG. A-210 makes this the committee’s job (Section III.F).
What to bring
- Last week’s absence and lateness data from ATS or OASIS.
- Last week’s next steps, each with its owner and date.
- The week’s ILOG entries: calls made, reasons recorded, interventions.
- The students with attendance success plans, and where each plan stands.
Common mistakes
Reading the whole list aloud
Start from the students who changed last week. Everyone else is already on someone’s follow-up list.
Next steps with no owner
“We should call home” is not a next step. “Ms. Rivera calls by Wednesday” is.
Outreach that lives only in notes
Meeting notes help the team. ILOG is the official record, and it is what a 407 review looks at.
Skipping busy weeks
A-210 asks for a weekly meeting. A short meeting beats a skipped one.
Or let the agenda build itself
BrainBridge builds the weekly meeting agenda from last week’s data: students grouped by reason, students absent 6 or more days in a row, and last week’s open follow-ups. Every next step gets an owner and a due date, and the minutes are saved for next week.
Common questions
How often do NYC school attendance teams have to meet?
Every week. Chancellor’s Regulation A-210 requires each school’s attendance committee to hold weekly attendance team meetings (Section III.F).
Who has to be on the attendance team?
School staff including teachers, administrators, attendance teachers and guidance counselors (Section III.F), plus the school avoidance liaison (Section III.G). The principal also appoints an attendance coordinator to run the attendance program (Section III.E).
What is a school avoidance liaison?
The school’s go-to resource for school avoidance: a pedagogue, administrator, guidance counselor or social worker who works at the school full time, is trained on school avoidance, and sits on the attendance committee. Every school in NYC Public Schools must designate one (Section III.G).
What does at risk of chronic absenteeism mean?
Under A-210, a student with an attendance rate of 91 to 93 percent is at risk. At 90 percent or below, the student is chronically absent (Section III.D).
What should the attendance team review each week?
A-210 asks the team to use NYCPS data and case studies to find and resolve the reasons behind lateness and absence, and to check that reason codes, outreach and interventions are in ILOG. In practice: last week’s numbers, students close to a 407, a few case reviews, last week’s follow-ups and an ILOG check.
Source: NYC Public Schools, Chancellor’s Regulation A-210: Standards for Attendance Programs (June 18, 2026). The requirements are a summary, not the regulation, and apply to NYC Public Schools, not charter schools. The agenda is our suggestion. More: chronic absenteeism and what A-210 requires.