Not exact matches
Secondary students with four or more
unexcused absences from a class
per semester now risk failing the class.
Roughly one in 10 of its students miss school every day, with half of the
absences unexcused; and, data show students with an attendance record of less than 80
per cent have a 10 to 20
per cent chance of graduating on time from high school.
A student is considered chronically absent if they miss only two days of school
per month (18 days in a year), whether the
absences are excused or
unexcused.