SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 28

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 28

28 .         Attendance records, principal’s duties as to

        (1)         A principal of a school must ensure —

            (a)         that records are kept showing for each day whether a student —

                  (i)         attended, or participated in an educational programme of, the school; or

                  (ii)         failed to so attend or participate;

                and

            (b)         that particulars so recorded are retained for the period prescribed by the regulations.

        (2)         The records referred to in subsection (1) —

            (a)         may be kept in electronic form; but

            (b)         must be capable of being reproduced in written form.

        (3)         The duty imposed by subsection (1)(b) extends to the register that was required to be kept by section 33 of the Education Act 1928 .