It is not just students creating high absenteeism rates in Buffalo Public school classrooms. (news.wbfo.org)
Recently, a landmark school attendance bill unanimously passed both houses of the New Jersey legislature requiring that schools keep track of chronically absent students and that schools with high absenteeism develop plans to improve attendance. (acnj.org)
People who suffer from it don't perform well, get sick more often and experience higher absenteeism. (inc.com)