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School attendance has bounced back in Connecticut. Leaders hail LEAP program
The program has expanded to 25 districts and now receives a $7 million state budget line item, officials said.
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School attendance has bounced back in Connecticut. Leaders hail LEAP program
It began in 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic: an effort, backed by federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act, to get Connecticut students back in school amid a spike in chronic absenteeism.
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CT Department of Education reports decline in chronic absenteeism
Students work in a classroom.(Eric Thayer / AP)A new report from the Connecticut Department of Education shows that students are attending school more often.It’s been five years since the state first implemented the Learner Engagement and Attendance Program or LEAP. It's a statewide program that launched in 2021 to combat chronic absenteeism following the COVID-19 pandemic.Ajit Gopalakrishnan is the Chief Performance Officer for the State Depart…
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