The issue of chronic absenteeism in schools is raising serious concerns among policymakers and educators. Preet Kaur Gill, a Labour MP, expressed her worry about the high number of children missing school in Birmingham and highlighted the Labour Party's intention to introduce a new Register of Pupils to address persistent non-attendance. Federal data revealed that in the 2021-2022 school year, 29.7 percent of students nationwide, approximately 14.7 million, were chronically absent, defined as missing at least 10 percent of the school year. School leaders have attributed the rising truancy rates to factors such as poverty, anxiety, and undiagnosed special needs, a situation that has worsened since the pandemic. Concurrently, penalties for school absences have reached record numbers, indicating that many parents are disregarding the rules.
Penalties for school absences hit record numbers as scores of parents ignore rules https://t.co/XqhUVXhRhs
Penalties for school absences hit record numbers as scores of parents ignore rules https://t.co/XqhUVXhRhs
Rates of skipping class alarmingly high in schools, with students missing 10 percent of the school year: study https://t.co/i95t92YO9y
School leaders have warned that poverty, anxiety and undiagnosed special needs are fuelling spiralling levels of truancy that have taken hold since the pandemic https://t.co/XwszBEzy0C
Some 29.7 percent of the nation’s students, nearly 14.7 million, were chronically absent in the 2021-2022 school year — missing school at least 10 percent of the time, according to federal data. https://t.co/CMO9kg9FCr
I’m seriously concerned by the high number of children missing school in Birmingham. @UKLabour is ambitious for all our children. We will legislate for a new Register of Pupils to get a grip with persistent non-attendance. https://t.co/GwPOLi5DRY