PROOF POINTS: A third of public school children were chronically absent after classrooms re-opened, advocacy group says
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Department of Education updated the threshold for chronic absenteeism in 2016-17 from 15 days to 10 percent of the school year, which equals 18 days in schools that are in session for 180 days a year. Correction: The U.S. An earlier version of this story cited the 15-day figure. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.
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