Unified Intelligence · California
Know which absences you can still turn back into ADA.
California created Attendance Recovery so districts can make up to 10 absences per student count toward ADA each year. Ask Unified Intelligence who can recover days, what it could bring in, and what it will take to staff, using a secure, read-only replica of your SIS data, with a full report typically within about five minutes.
The opening
The LAO reported minimal Attendance Recovery ADA as of May 2026.
The stakes
Attendance drives LCFF. At 62% UPP, the 2026–27 grades 9–12 rate is $15,550 per ADA.
The catch
Programs are voluntary, staffed by your certificated employees, and audited.
California sample analysis
Three questions California cabinets need answered this year.
For CFOs and business officials
What could Attendance Recovery add, and what would it take to staff?
How it’s calculated: students × days ÷ instructional days × total per ADA. Total per ADA = adjusted base + supplemental (base × 20% × UPP) + concentration (base × 65% × UPP above 55%). CDE divides by the days in the attendance period being reported, so a P-2 view uses fewer days and shows a higher value. Hours assume grades 1–12: 4 participation hours per day of attendance at the 20:1 limit, with full classes. The estimate doesn’t reflect funded ADA protections such as the three-year average, which can change what is realized. Absences must exist, and suspensions and immunization exclusions can’t be recovered. Most LCFF funding uses P-2, so absences after P-2 don’t add to most LCFF funding. Your finance office validates.
Why an isolated intelligence layer
Not a direct AI connection to your SIS.
The most common approach routes natural-language questions directly into a third-party large language model, alongside live student data. That creates two problems.
Accuracy
Large language models are unreliable at precise math. A question like “what happens to my funding if attendance rises 4% year over year” risks a hallucinated or subtly incorrect answer, with no straightforward way for staff to verify it.
Security
Routing student data, including identifiable information, into a third-party model raises real questions under FERPA and does not sit comfortably alongside a SOC 2 posture.
Isolated by design
Every step stays inside a dedicated environment built for your district. Nothing is processed inside a third-party AI model, and every numeric answer is computed, not guessed.
Read-only replica
No outside AI tool ever connects to your SIS directly, and nothing is shared across districts or with third parties.
Verified computation
The engine writes and executes the code behind each answer. Python handles the math; the language model handles the conversation.
Full reports on demand
A complete report or dashboard view, typically within about five minutes of the question.
Your SIS stays the record
The replica covers student records, attendance, enrollment, course schedules, graduation progress, GPA and credits, and role-based permissions. You choose any added inputs, such as LCAP actions or Attendance Recovery rosters.
What your team gets
Intelligence for the cabinet, the business office, and counselors.
Executive Intelligence
- Which schools currently have the highest attendance funding opportunity?
- Where are chronic absenteeism trends emerging?
- Which interventions appear to be improving attendance?
- What operational trends require district attention?
Attendance and Revenue Intelligence
- Daily attendance analytics
- Chronic absenteeism monitoring
- ADA funding opportunity reporting
- Attendance trend visualization
- School performance comparisons
- Executive reporting
Counselor Intelligence
- Student AI summaries
- Graduation monitoring
- Attendance intervention recommendations
- Transcript reviews
- College and career readiness indicators
California customer result
$130,711
recovered by a California district on a $14,000 Unified Track license, a 9.3× return.
Check the work before you trust it.
Every finding shows the data date, the analysis, and the limitations, so your business office and auditors can follow how a number was reached.
Start here
A no-cost, 60-day trial to get your district set up.
If it isn’t the right fit, you simply don’t continue. Nothing is billed.
Does your district have a data analyst team?
If not, your leaders can ask a question and get a full report without a data ticket. If you do, your analysts get time back for harder questions.
Do you need customized reports for your principal meetings?
Ask for the report you need, by school, grade, or student group, with findings, evidence, and next steps to review together.
Step 1 · Free
California District Snapshot
Chronic absence by school and student group from public CDE data, the LCFF value of recovered ADA, and three questions for your cabinet. No SIS access or data agreement needed.
Step 2 · 25 minutes
Live walkthrough
Bring one open question from your cabinet, LCAP, or budget work, and see how Unified Intelligence would approach it.
Step 3 · 60 days, no cost
Trial on your district’s data
Sign the California NDPA, connect read-only, and get your team set up on the questions that matter most.
What the engagement includes
Isolated environment design and deployment, read-only data replication, AI governance configuration, executive and Attendance Revenue Intelligence dashboards, a counselor AI workspace, training, technical support, quarterly reviews, and end-of-year findings.
How success is measured
Together, using user adoption, administrative efficiency, counselor time savings, attendance improvement trends, ADA recovery opportunities identified, executive utilization, and stakeholder feedback.