9/22/2025 Joint Meeting: Senate Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism in Schools

Georgia Senate Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism · September 23, 2025

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Senator John F. Kennedy opened the joint Senate/House study committee, welcomed presenters and members of the public, and said the committee will examine barriers to attendance and local solutions; he identified the committee as created under Senate Resolution 217 and referenced recently-passed legislation (Senate Bill 123).

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A joint meeting of the Georgia Senate Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism convened experts, judges, nonprofit leaders and program providers to review data showing a post-pandemic rise in chronic absenteeism, its disparate impact on students of color and economically disadvantaged students, and local interventions including attendance review teams, school-based behavioral health (Apex), school nurses, out-of-school-time programs and large-scale mentoring pilots.

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