diff --git a/erpnext/education/api.py b/erpnext/education/api.py
index bf9f221..948e7cc 100644
--- a/erpnext/education/api.py
+++ b/erpnext/education/api.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import json
 from frappe import _
 from frappe.model.mapper import get_mapped_doc
-from frappe.utils import flt, cstr
+from frappe.utils import flt, cstr, getdate
 from frappe.email.doctype.email_group.email_group import add_subscribers
 
 def get_course(program):
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@
 	:param date: Date.
 	"""
 
+	if student_group:
+		academic_year = frappe.db.get_value('Student Group', student_group, 'academic_year')
+		if academic_year:
+			year_start_date, year_end_date = frappe.db.get_value('Academic Year', academic_year, ['year_start_date', 'year_end_date'])
+			if getdate(date) < getdate(year_start_date) or getdate(date) > getdate(year_end_date):
+				frappe.throw(_('Attendance cannot be marked outside of Academic Year {0}').format(academic_year))
+
 	present = json.loads(students_present)
 	absent = json.loads(students_absent)
 
diff --git a/erpnext/education/doctype/student_attendance/student_attendance.py b/erpnext/education/doctype/student_attendance/student_attendance.py
index 55c6de6..572fd10 100644
--- a/erpnext/education/doctype/student_attendance/student_attendance.py
+++ b/erpnext/education/doctype/student_attendance/student_attendance.py
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@
 		if getdate(self.date) > getdate():
 			frappe.throw(_('Attendance cannot be marked for future dates.'))
 
+		if self.student_group:
+			academic_year = frappe.db.get_value('Student Group', self.student_group, 'academic_year')
+			if academic_year:
+				year_start_date, year_end_date = frappe.db.get_value('Academic Year', academic_year, ['year_start_date', 'year_end_date'])
+				if year_start_date and year_end_date:
+					if getdate(self.date) < getdate(year_start_date) or getdate(self.date) > getdate(year_end_date):
+						frappe.throw(_('Attendance cannot be marked outside of Academic Year {0}').format(academic_year))
+
 	def set_student_group(self):
 		if self.course_schedule:
 			self.student_group = frappe.db.get_value('Course Schedule', self.course_schedule, 'student_group')
diff --git a/erpnext/education/doctype/student_attendance_tool/student_attendance_tool.json b/erpnext/education/doctype/student_attendance_tool/student_attendance_tool.json
index 26b28b3..ee8f484 100644
--- a/erpnext/education/doctype/student_attendance_tool/student_attendance_tool.json
+++ b/erpnext/education/doctype/student_attendance_tool/student_attendance_tool.json
@@ -1,333 +1,118 @@
 {
- "allow_copy": 1, 
- "allow_guest_to_view": 0, 
- "allow_import": 0, 
- "allow_rename": 0, 
- "beta": 0, 
- "creation": "2016-11-16 17:12:46.437539", 
- "custom": 0, 
- "docstatus": 0, 
- "doctype": "DocType", 
- "document_type": "", 
- "editable_grid": 1, 
- "engine": "InnoDB", 
+ "actions": [],
+ "allow_copy": 1,
+ "creation": "2016-11-16 17:12:46.437539",
+ "doctype": "DocType",
+ "editable_grid": 1,
+ "engine": "InnoDB",
+ "field_order": [
+  "based_on",
+  "group_based_on",
+  "column_break_2",
+  "student_group",
+  "academic_year",
+  "academic_term",
+  "course_schedule",
+  "date",
+  "attendance",
+  "students_html"
+ ],
  "fields": [
   {
-   "allow_bulk_edit": 0, 
-   "allow_on_submit": 0, 
-   "bold": 0, 
-   "collapsible": 0, 
-   "columns": 0, 
-   "default": "", 
-   "fieldname": "based_on", 
-   "fieldtype": "Select", 
-   "hidden": 0, 
-   "ignore_user_permissions": 0, 
-   "ignore_xss_filter": 0, 
-   "in_filter": 0, 
-   "in_global_search": 0, 
-   "in_list_view": 0, 
-   "in_standard_filter": 0, 
-   "label": "Based On", 
-   "length": 0, 
-   "no_copy": 0, 
-   "options": "Student Group\nCourse Schedule", 
-   "permlevel": 0, 
-   "precision": "", 
-   "print_hide": 0, 
-   "print_hide_if_no_value": 0, 
-   "read_only": 0, 
-   "remember_last_selected_value": 0, 
-   "report_hide": 0, 
-   "reqd": 0, 
-   "search_index": 0, 
-   "set_only_once": 0, 
-   "unique": 0
-  }, 
+   "fieldname": "based_on",
+   "fieldtype": "Select",
+   "label": "Based On",
+   "options": "Student Group\nCourse Schedule"
+  },
   {
-   "allow_bulk_edit": 0, 
-   "allow_on_submit": 0, 
-   "bold": 0, 
-   "collapsible": 0, 
-   "columns": 0, 
-   "default": "Batch", 
-   "depends_on": "eval:doc.based_on == \"Student Group\"", 
-   "fieldname": "group_based_on", 
-   "fieldtype": "Select", 
-   "hidden": 0, 
-   "ignore_user_permissions": 0, 
-   "ignore_xss_filter": 0, 
-   "in_filter": 0, 
-   "in_global_search": 0, 
-   "in_list_view": 0, 
-   "in_standard_filter": 0, 
-   "label": "Group Based On", 
-   "length": 0, 
-   "no_copy": 0, 
-   "options": "Batch\nCourse\nActivity", 
-   "permlevel": 0, 
-   "precision": "", 
-   "print_hide": 0, 
-   "print_hide_if_no_value": 0, 
-   "read_only": 0, 
-   "remember_last_selected_value": 0, 
-   "report_hide": 0, 
-   "reqd": 0, 
-   "search_index": 0, 
-   "set_only_once": 0, 
-   "unique": 0
-  }, 
+   "default": "Batch",
+   "depends_on": "eval:doc.based_on == \"Student Group\"",
+   "fieldname": "group_based_on",
+   "fieldtype": "Select",
+   "label": "Group Based On",
+   "options": "Batch\nCourse\nActivity"
+  },
   {
-   "allow_bulk_edit": 0, 
-   "allow_on_submit": 0, 
-   "bold": 0, 
-   "collapsible": 0, 
-   "columns": 0, 
-   "fieldname": "column_break_2", 
-   "fieldtype": "Column Break", 
-   "hidden": 0, 
-   "ignore_user_permissions": 0, 
-   "ignore_xss_filter": 0, 
-   "in_filter": 0, 
-   "in_global_search": 0, 
-   "in_list_view": 0, 
-   "in_standard_filter": 0, 
-   "length": 0, 
-   "no_copy": 0, 
-   "permlevel": 0, 
-   "precision": "", 
-   "print_hide": 0, 
-   "print_hide_if_no_value": 0, 
-   "read_only": 0, 
-   "remember_last_selected_value": 0, 
-   "report_hide": 0, 
-   "reqd": 0, 
-   "search_index": 0, 
-   "set_only_once": 0, 
-   "unique": 0
-  }, 
+   "fieldname": "column_break_2",
+   "fieldtype": "Column Break"
+  },
   {
-   "allow_bulk_edit": 0, 
-   "allow_on_submit": 0, 
-   "bold": 0, 
-   "collapsible": 0, 
-   "columns": 0, 
-   "depends_on": "eval:doc.based_on ==\"Student Group\"", 
-   "fieldname": "student_group", 
-   "fieldtype": "Link", 
-   "hidden": 0, 
-   "ignore_user_permissions": 0, 
-   "ignore_xss_filter": 0, 
-   "in_filter": 0, 
-   "in_global_search": 0, 
-   "in_list_view": 1, 
-   "in_standard_filter": 0, 
-   "label": "Student Group", 
-   "length": 0, 
-   "no_copy": 0, 
-   "options": "Student Group", 
-   "permlevel": 0, 
-   "precision": "", 
-   "print_hide": 0, 
-   "print_hide_if_no_value": 0, 
-   "read_only": 0, 
-   "remember_last_selected_value": 0, 
-   "report_hide": 0, 
-   "reqd": 1, 
-   "search_index": 0, 
-   "set_only_once": 0, 
-   "unique": 0
-  }, 
+   "depends_on": "eval:doc.based_on ==\"Student Group\"",
+   "fieldname": "student_group",
+   "fieldtype": "Link",
+   "in_list_view": 1,
+   "label": "Student Group",
+   "options": "Student Group",
+   "reqd": 1
+  },
   {
-   "allow_bulk_edit": 0, 
-   "allow_on_submit": 0, 
-   "bold": 0, 
-   "collapsible": 0, 
-   "columns": 0, 
-   "depends_on": "eval:doc.based_on ==\"Course Schedule\"", 
-   "fieldname": "course_schedule", 
-   "fieldtype": "Link", 
-   "hidden": 0, 
-   "ignore_user_permissions": 0, 
-   "ignore_xss_filter": 0, 
-   "in_filter": 0, 
-   "in_global_search": 0, 
-   "in_list_view": 1, 
-   "in_standard_filter": 0, 
-   "label": "Course Schedule", 
-   "length": 0, 
-   "no_copy": 0, 
-   "options": "Course Schedule", 
-   "permlevel": 0, 
-   "precision": "", 
-   "print_hide": 0, 
-   "print_hide_if_no_value": 0, 
-   "read_only": 0, 
-   "remember_last_selected_value": 0, 
-   "report_hide": 0, 
-   "reqd": 1, 
-   "search_index": 0, 
-   "set_only_once": 0, 
-   "unique": 0
-  }, 
+   "depends_on": "eval:doc.based_on ==\"Course Schedule\"",
+   "fieldname": "course_schedule",
+   "fieldtype": "Link",
+   "in_list_view": 1,
+   "label": "Course Schedule",
+   "options": "Course Schedule",
+   "reqd": 1
+  },
   {
-   "allow_bulk_edit": 0, 
-   "allow_on_submit": 0, 
-   "bold": 0, 
-   "collapsible": 0, 
-   "columns": 0, 
-   "depends_on": "eval:doc.based_on ==\"Student Group\"", 
-   "fieldname": "date", 
-   "fieldtype": "Date", 
-   "hidden": 0, 
-   "ignore_user_permissions": 0, 
-   "ignore_xss_filter": 0, 
-   "in_filter": 0, 
-   "in_global_search": 0, 
-   "in_list_view": 1, 
-   "in_standard_filter": 0, 
-   "label": "Date", 
-   "length": 0, 
-   "no_copy": 0, 
-   "permlevel": 0, 
-   "precision": "", 
-   "print_hide": 0, 
-   "print_hide_if_no_value": 0, 
-   "read_only": 0, 
-   "remember_last_selected_value": 0, 
-   "report_hide": 0, 
-   "reqd": 1, 
-   "search_index": 0, 
-   "set_only_once": 0, 
-   "unique": 0
-  }, 
+   "depends_on": "eval:doc.based_on ==\"Student Group\"",
+   "fieldname": "date",
+   "fieldtype": "Date",
+   "in_list_view": 1,
+   "label": "Date",
+   "reqd": 1
+  },
   {
-   "allow_bulk_edit": 0, 
-   "allow_on_submit": 0, 
-   "bold": 0, 
-   "collapsible": 0, 
-   "columns": 0, 
-   "depends_on": "eval: (doc.course_schedule \n|| (doc.student_group && doc.date))", 
-   "fieldname": "attendance", 
-   "fieldtype": "Section Break", 
-   "hidden": 0, 
-   "ignore_user_permissions": 0, 
-   "ignore_xss_filter": 0, 
-   "in_filter": 0, 
-   "in_global_search": 0, 
-   "in_list_view": 0, 
-   "in_standard_filter": 0, 
-   "label": "Attendance", 
-   "length": 0, 
-   "no_copy": 0, 
-   "permlevel": 0, 
-   "precision": "", 
-   "print_hide": 0, 
-   "print_hide_if_no_value": 0, 
-   "read_only": 0, 
-   "remember_last_selected_value": 0, 
-   "report_hide": 0, 
-   "reqd": 0, 
-   "search_index": 0, 
-   "set_only_once": 0, 
-   "unique": 0
-  }, 
+   "depends_on": "eval: (doc.course_schedule \n|| (doc.student_group && doc.date))",
+   "fieldname": "attendance",
+   "fieldtype": "Section Break",
+   "label": "Attendance"
+  },
   {
-   "allow_bulk_edit": 0, 
-   "allow_on_submit": 0, 
-   "bold": 0, 
-   "collapsible": 0, 
-   "columns": 0, 
-   "fieldname": "students_html", 
-   "fieldtype": "HTML", 
-   "hidden": 0, 
-   "ignore_user_permissions": 0, 
-   "ignore_xss_filter": 0, 
-   "in_filter": 0, 
-   "in_global_search": 0, 
-   "in_list_view": 0, 
-   "in_standard_filter": 0, 
-   "label": "Students HTML", 
-   "length": 0, 
-   "no_copy": 0, 
-   "permlevel": 0, 
-   "precision": "", 
-   "print_hide": 0, 
-   "print_hide_if_no_value": 0, 
-   "read_only": 0, 
-   "remember_last_selected_value": 0, 
-   "report_hide": 0, 
-   "reqd": 0, 
-   "search_index": 0, 
-   "set_only_once": 0, 
-   "unique": 0
+   "fieldname": "students_html",
+   "fieldtype": "HTML",
+   "label": "Students HTML"
+  },
+  {
+   "fetch_from": "student_group.academic_year",
+   "fieldname": "academic_year",
+   "fieldtype": "Link",
+   "label": "Academic Year",
+   "options": "Academic Year",
+   "read_only": 1
+  },
+  {
+   "fetch_from": "student_group.academic_term",
+   "fieldname": "academic_term",
+   "fieldtype": "Link",
+   "label": "Academic Term",
+   "options": "Academic Term",
+   "read_only": 1
   }
- ], 
- "has_web_view": 0, 
- "hide_heading": 1, 
- "hide_toolbar": 1, 
- "idx": 0, 
- "image_view": 0, 
- "in_create": 0, 
- "is_submittable": 0, 
- "issingle": 1, 
- "istable": 0, 
- "max_attachments": 0, 
- "modified": "2017-11-10 18:55:36.168044", 
- "modified_by": "Administrator", 
- "module": "Education", 
- "name": "Student Attendance Tool", 
- "name_case": "", 
- "owner": "Administrator", 
+ ],
+ "hide_toolbar": 1,
+ "issingle": 1,
+ "links": [],
+ "modified": "2020-10-23 17:52:28.078971",
+ "modified_by": "Administrator",
+ "module": "Education",
+ "name": "Student Attendance Tool",
+ "owner": "Administrator",
  "permissions": [
   {
-   "amend": 0, 
-   "apply_user_permissions": 0, 
-   "cancel": 0, 
-   "create": 1, 
-   "delete": 0, 
-   "email": 0, 
-   "export": 0, 
-   "if_owner": 0, 
-   "import": 0, 
-   "permlevel": 0, 
-   "print": 0, 
-   "read": 1, 
-   "report": 0, 
-   "role": "Instructor", 
-   "set_user_permissions": 0, 
-   "share": 0, 
-   "submit": 0, 
+   "create": 1,
+   "read": 1,
+   "role": "Instructor",
    "write": 1
-  }, 
+  },
   {
-   "amend": 0, 
-   "apply_user_permissions": 0, 
-   "cancel": 0, 
-   "create": 1, 
-   "delete": 0, 
-   "email": 0, 
-   "export": 0, 
-   "if_owner": 0, 
-   "import": 0, 
-   "permlevel": 0, 
-   "print": 0, 
-   "read": 1, 
-   "report": 0, 
-   "role": "Academics User", 
-   "set_user_permissions": 0, 
-   "share": 0, 
-   "submit": 0, 
+   "create": 1,
+   "read": 1,
+   "role": "Academics User",
    "write": 1
   }
- ], 
- "quick_entry": 0, 
- "read_only": 0, 
- "read_only_onload": 0, 
- "restrict_to_domain": "Education", 
- "show_name_in_global_search": 0, 
- "sort_field": "modified", 
- "sort_order": "DESC", 
- "track_changes": 0, 
- "track_seen": 0
+ ],
+ "restrict_to_domain": "Education",
+ "sort_field": "modified",
+ "sort_order": "DESC"
 }
\ No newline at end of file