Require Attendance Certification

Some states require attendance records to be certified and signed by center staff. When you enable this requirement, center staff will be prompted to acknowledge and sign attendance records upon saving attendance. The electronic signature will appear at the bottom of the Weekly + Attendance Report and consist of the teacher name (first and last) of the last record where the user certified attendance for the classroom for the day, as well as the date and time of the last certification for the classroom for the day.

Notes: This article pertains to independent centers only. If you are a sponsored center, your food program sponsor determines whether you are required to certify attendance. You must have the View/Modify Center Staff permission to access and update center settings.

To enable this requirement:

  1. Click . The Settings page opens.
  2. In the Center Settings section, click next to Would you like to require center staff to certify the accuracy of attendance when saving Attendance & Meal Counts in KidKare. Your changes are saved automatically.

When your centers record attendance and meal counts in KidKare and click Save, the following pop-up displays:

The electronic signature will appear at the bottom of the Weekly + Attendance Report, as shown below.



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