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The Indiana Department of Education says schools across the state have an attendance problem. The department introduced new attendance data and discussed possible solutions this week at an Indiana State Board of Education meeting.
About 40 percent of Hoosier students missed 10 or more school days last year, and nearly one in five were absent for at least 18 days, according to new Indiana
About 40% of Hoosier students missed 10 or more school days last year, and nearly one in five were absent for at least 18 days, according to new Indiana data.
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Nearly a fifth of Indiana students were chronically absent this past school year. Indiana considers a student chronically absent if they miss 18 or more days.