2025-26 Audit and Reporting Guidelines Format Final- Harsha

 ● These are NOT the official start or end dates that might be stated by the college.

CutOff and Return Dates

 ● F14 and F18  ● These are exact dates as calculated.  ● No ‘backing up’ to the last class of the period.  ● These are ‘fences’ to delimit the Audit and the Return Periods.

Audit Period

 ● Is the time span between the Actual Start Date and the CutOff Date.  ● All absences are counted within this period.

Return Period

 ● Is the time span between the CutOff Date and the Return Date.  ● Absences are NOT counted within this period.

 ● If a student was absent on the last class of the Audit Period and has not exceeded the maximum number of allowed absences, then examine the Return Period to check if the student attended at least once, that is, check if the student returned or not.