In Arizona, chronic absence is deemed as missing 10% or more of the school year. That means missing 18 days in a typical 180-day school year, assuming the student does not change schools.

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PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne said the state needs “radical efforts” to combat ...

Lyle Rapacki, host of Yavapai Speaks, talks to Tom Horne, the Arizona Superintendent of Public instruction. According to Mr. Horne, there is a 29% absence ...

Arizona's Superintendent of Public Instruction is calling for schools to fight the high rate of student absences. "Helios ...

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A report by the nonprofit Helios Foundation shows that 29% of Arizona students in elementary school were chronically absent ...