Students started missing more school with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendance is far from fully recovered as ...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — It has been more than a year since Indiana enacted a truancy prevention law to keep kids from missing too many school days. The law requires schools to refer cases of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Just over one in four Ohio students were chronically absent during the last school year. That’s about twice what the state is aiming for, and only down 0.5% from the previous year. A ...

After nearly doubling during the pandemic, the rates of chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools are finally showing steady signs of improvement. A student is considered chronically absent when they miss ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — More than 50% of Washington High School students are not getting to school regularly. New data from the Indiana Department of Education shows how many students at the South ...

SAISD lost out on $24M because of its average daily attendance last year. Meanwhile, absent students lose out on needed instruction.