Below is a chart listing the CDE rules for Electronic Attendance and Aeries Status and Comment.
| Req # | CDE Description | Aeries Status | Comment |
| 1 | A current system with manual signatures has been approved by the CDE; | NA | District must go through this step. |
| 2 | The electronic system has a procedure to track and verify that initial attendance is entered on the calendar day of the school day for which the attendance is a record thereof. Under certain circumstances, such as wide-spread power outages or system interruptions teachers may be allowed to electronically submit and certify attendance on a subsequent day, retaining paper documentation on which attendance was recorded contemporaneously. | Currently Supported | Districts must change the "# Days Teachers Can Back Post Attendance" option to 0 to stay in compliance. This is on the Portal Options page and must be configured for each school. |
| 3 | The electronic system includes a report that lists the dates of data entry and modifications, and the employee identification of the person or persons logging the attendance information into the system. | The ATL (Attendance Log) table in Aeries tracks all changes to attendance data. Reports are available for Teachers and Administrators. | All attendance changes are logged in Aeries. |
| 4 | The report described in #3 above is readily accessible to teachers and administrators for their review. | Reports are available for Teachers and Administrators. | The The Attendance Log report is available for teachers and Administrators. |
| 5 | If the electronic system relies on passwords, there must be adequate safeguards to ensure that such passwords are accessible only to the employee for whom the password is created. | Currently Supported | Appropriate permissions need to be granted or denied to the UGN table and appropriate local procedures need to be implemented to protect the security of user passwords. |
| 6 | Submission of the electronic attendance system for CDE approval includes a letter from the LEA’s independent auditor, indicating that the attendance accounting system has been reviewed by the auditor and that the system’s level of integrity is acceptable to the auditor. | NA | District must go through this step. Sample letters are available in the next article. |