Attendance Matters
Together, we can help make sure every student attends school every day by focusing on these five areas:
- Communicate to your families about attendance.
- Support “Breakfast After the Bell” programs.
- Connect your students to trusted adults.
- Monitor data and celebrate successes.
- Reduce barriers to create daily access to school.
Join us to promote strong school attendance by using these graphics in your school websites and across social media to spread the word.
Chronic Absenteeism Task Force
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the Chronic Absenteeism Task Force, a key pillar of the comprehensive ALL IN VA plan to accelerate the learning loss recovery by addressing Attendance, Literacy and Learning. The Task Force, in response to a near doubling of chronic absenteeism in Virginia classrooms resulting from extended pandemic closure of schools, will develop resources and distribute action plans for school divisions to address the record-high student absenteeism rates across the Commonwealth.