2018 New York Laws
EDN - Education
Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils
Article 65 - Compulsory Education and School Census
Part 1 - Compulsory Education
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.