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Lawmakers briefed on absenteeism study proposal after DPI cites uneven reporting
2104164 · January 8, 2025
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Summary
DPI said districts code absences differently and supported a legislative study to map geographic and school‑level absenteeism spikes; Representative Richter is sponsoring a study bill (House Bill 1129).
Committee members discussed rising absenteeism and a study bill intended to identify where and why absences increased after the COVID period.
Superintendent Basler told the committee that districts currently code absences in different ways and that DPI cannot yet point to a single cause or region. "At this point, every school district is able to code their absentees…
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