Topic: Absenteeism

The 2026 Election Hangs Over the 2026 Legislative Session

Since schools closed in March 2020, student absenteeism has surged, and the habit of attending school every day has been slow to return. 

Today, 22% of Georgia students are chronically absent, meaning they miss at least 18 days per year.

For 3 years now, we’ve known the school closures ordered amid the pandemic were detrimental to students. New data confirms how bad it was.

Who is a truant during COVID-19? The pivot to remote schooling further complicates decades of battling chronic absenteeism.

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