Chronic absenteeism rates have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels

Share of chronically absent students (%)

Source: California Department of Education (CDE) Absenteeism Reason and Chronic Absenteeism Data.
NOTES: Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing at least 18 instructional days, or 10%, of the school year. Due to pandemic-related data quality concerns, absenteeism data for the 2019–20 and 2020-21 academic years have been omitted.
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