US EditionWhat Indiana’s New Absenteeism Law Actually Does — and Doesn’t Do — to Attendance Policies
- A new Indiana law, Senate Enrolled Act 482, aims to improve how schools report student absences to the Indiana Department of Education as of July 1, 2023.
- The law defines chronic absenteeism as missing at least 10% of instructional days in a school year for any reason, equaling about 18 absences.
- Senator Andy Zay noted that misinformation on social media falsely claims the law penalizes vulnerable students, asserting that local discretion on absenteeism remains unchanged.
- Approximately one in five Indiana students were chronically absent during the 2023-24 school year, highlighting a significant concern in the state.
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What Indiana’s new absenteeism law actually does — and doesn’t do — to attendance policies
A new Indiana law to address chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools is now in effect, but Hoosier education officials — and at least one state senator — say online misinformation has mischaracterized what the policy actually does.
Absenteeism explodes in 2024: a confirmed historical record Absenteeism is a growing trend, and it saves no branch. In its latest study on the subject, carried out on a panel of 575,000 insured and 3,500 companies, the Mercer cainet paints an alarming picture: the phenomenon of absenteeism is spreading and rooting. To this is added an average duration of upswing, now set at 23.2 days. The proportion of affected employees is no longer marginal: i…
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