The second annual report on elementary school truancy in the
state reveals that the truancy crisis in California continues. The report
provides new research on how students of color and students from low-income
families are missing a disproportionate amount of school each year.
Attorney General Harris’ second annual report, In School + On Track 2014, https://oag.ca.gov/truancy/2014 outlines recommendations
to reduce state truancy rates. These recommendations were put into action in
the Every Kid Counts legislative package (http://bit.ly/X7pZYU)
sponsored by the Attorney General that passed the state legislature and
currently awaits Governor Jerry Brown’s signature.
Information broken down by school district and county is
available here: https://oag.ca.gov/truancy/2014/ch1
The report contains key updates and new research on income and
racial disparities, including:
A quarter of a million elementary
school students in California missed 10% or more of the 2013-2014 school year.
Over the last three years, school
districts have lost over $3.5 billion directly from student absences.
1 in 10 school districts reported they
do not know their chronic absence rate for the 2013-2014 school year.
Almost 90% of the elementary students
who are missing over a month of school per year are from low-income families.
More than 1 in 5 African American
students is chronically absent which is more than double the average for white
students.
African American elementary school
students are chronically truant at nearly 4xs the rate of all students.
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