US Edition'We're Not Dragging Parents Into Schools': Officials Address New Absenteeism Law Misinformation
LOUISIANA, JUL 20 – Nearly 25% of Louisiana students were chronically absent in 2023-24, prompting judicial and legislative leaders to seek solutions addressing illness, poverty, and mental health barriers.
- On January 9, 2025, Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice John Weimer testified before the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, emphasizing the need to curb chronic absenteeism.
- Rising chronic absenteeism, with nearly one-quarter of students missing excessive days, stems from poverty and health issues in Louisiana.
- Chief Justice Weimer proposed enforcing current statutes and stationing school nurses statewide, saying `You don’t want me deciding your fate.`
- In response, legislators launched a state House committee to explore attendance measures and formed a special committee of the state House of Representatives ahead of next year’s legislative session.
- The special committee will reconvene in Alexandria to refine legislative proposals, following his call for urgent intervention, ahead of the next year’s legislative session.
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'We're not dragging parents into schools': Officials address new absenteeism law misinformation
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State lawmakers study student absenteeism, lingering problem since pandemic
ATLANTA — Five years after COVID-19 caused many Georgia kids to start skipping school, absenteeism rates remain stubbornly high, with students scoring worse in core subjects like math and reading. A special committee of the state House of Representatives is…
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