Chronic absenteeism is defined by the U.S. Department of Education as the share of students who miss at least 10% of days — typically 18 — in a school year for any reason, excused unexcused or for ...
ALBANY — The state Education Department is replacing each school’s easily understood percentage of chronically absent students with a new “attendance index” that uses an algebraic equation to produce ...
A recent report by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli stated that chronic absenteeism rates among New York public and charter school students increased sharply as schools transitioned back to ...