(a) Absence due to illness or quarantine shall, in the first instance, be recorded on attendance accounting forms and in state school registers in the same manner as any other absence is recorded.
(b) After a person authorized to make verification has determined that an absence is due to illness or quarantine, such fact shall be recorded as follows:
(1) If attendance records are kept manually and on the negative basis, the absence entry shall be circled with blue or black ink. If attendance records are kept manually and on the positive basis, an attendance entry shall be made and circled with blue or black ink. Circled entries may be recorded as attendance in the total attendance column.
(2) If attendance records are made by machine, an appropriate symbol shall be used to identify verified absences due to illness or quarantine on monthly attendance summary forms. Absences so identified maybe recorded as attendance in the total attendance column.