THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION….CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM WORKING GROUP….HAS MET FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE PANDEMC,,,,TO DISCUSS
THE ISSUES SURROUNDING ATTENDANCE AND HOW TO GET STUDENTS TO COME TO SCHOOL…..
K-D-E DEFINES ASUDENT AS CHRONICALLY ABSENT IF THEY ARE PRESENT 90-PERCENT OR LESS OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENCE…..MEANING A STUDENT HAS
MISSED MORE THAN 10-PERCNET OF THE ENROLLED TIME IN SCHOOL……ANDTHIS INCLUDES BOTH EXCUSED AND UNEXCUSED ABSENCES…..
DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM FOR YEARS….BUT THE PROBLEM SPIKED FOLLOWING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC……IN 20-18 FIVE
PERCENT OF DISTRICTS WERE CONSIDERED TO HAVE HIGH OR EXTREME LEVELS OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM……AND IN 20-23 THE PERCENTAGE SKYROCKETED
TO 77-PERCENT……