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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In SY 22-23, 43% of K-12 DC public school students were chronically absent and 37% were truant (chronically absent means that the student missed 10% of more of the school year and truant means 10 or more unexcused absences).  Significantly, 60% of DC public high school students were chronically absent.

The DC Council is considering a number of bills to deal with this problem.  Among other things, the bills would variously require OSSE to publish monthly absenteeism data on its website, expand the set of valid excuses for absences, provide additional funding to address chronic absenteeism, and designate schools that reach a chronic absenteeism rate of 20%+ as priority zones for the Safe Passage Safe Blocks program.

Mayor Bowser has introduced a bill to require DHS to intervene before a truant student is referred to CFSA.  The bill would also direct the AG to prosecute the parents of students who have accrued 25 or more absences.

https://lims.dccouncil.gov/hearings/

I wonder if travel time to school for students that are out of boundary has anything to do with this? How many students have to travel across the city to get to school and as a result are often truant or absent? I wonder if there are grade level where this is more prevalent than the others? Why hasn't DC done more to provide safe transportation for students who are dependent on an adult to walk them to school due to safety concerns? 
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