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Use this TxEIS record layout to import absences from third-party grade book products.
<WRAP box>IMPORTANT: Effective for the 2018-2019 school year: The file layout has been changed to accommodate a two-digit track. If you attempt to import a file to TxEIS with a one-digit track in the 2018-2019 school year, you will receive message “Invalid Import File” error message. <WRAP>
| Description | Length | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record Type | 1 | 1 | D = data |
| Campus | 3 | 2-4 | |
| Date | 8 | 5-12 | YYYYMMDD |
| Track | 1 | 13 | |
| Course | 4 | 14-17 | |
| Section | 2 | 18-19 | |
| Student ID | 6 | 20-25 | |
| Period | 2 | 26-27 | |
| Code | 1 | 28 | All valid absence codes; T = tardy; P = present |
| Teacher # | 3 | 29-31 | |
| Comment | 49 | 32-80 |