SCHOOLS MUST TACKLE STUBBORNLY HIGH CHRONIC ABSENTEE RATES, COMPTROLLER WARNS

Schools must tackle 'stubbornly high' chronic absentee rates, NY comptroller warns--Nancy Cutler--Rockland/Westchester Journal News--About 1 in 3 New York public-school students was chronically absent in 2022-2023, a state comptroller's report found, and the pandemic-era issue continues to cause educational disruptions.

The comptroller's report, "Missing school: NY's stubbornly high rates of chronic absenteeism," generally mirrors a June 2024 analysis by the USA Today Network New York, "Why student absences have soared since the pandemic – and what schools are doing to help." READ MORE AT New York schools chronic absentee rates too high: comptroller report (lohud.com)