California Education Code (searchable)
Attendance Works is a national and state initiative that pushes for better policy and practice to improve school attendance. Attendance Works promotes equal opportunities to learn and advances student success by reducing chronic absence. As a non-profit initiative, Attendance Works collaborates with schools, districts, states, communities, and organizations to ensure that everyone recognizes that chronic absence is a serious issue that can be addressed using a positive, problem-solving approach grounded in an understanding of educational inequities. The objectives are to build public awareness and political will, encourage proven and innovative practice, facilitate peer learning, and advance policies that improve attendance and reduce chronic absence.
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California Department of Education Resources
Dan Sackheim, California Department of Education
dsackhei@cde.ca.gov
Educational Programs Consultant
Educational Options Office
Equity Branch
California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Suite 4202
Sacramento, CA 95814
