Chronic absenteeism in US studies had doubled since before COVID

Chronic Absenteeism - MD Edge

• "This is surprising and concerning, given that prior to the pandemic the rate of chronic absenteeism nationwide was 15% ,
  but during the 2021-22 school year this doubled to 30% and it has not declined.
  In fact, in some states the chronic absenteeism rate is 40%"

• "Chronic absenteeism is a metric defined as a student absent for 15 days or more , which comes out to around 10% of the school year.
  Chronic absenteeism has been used as a predictor of the student dropout rate.""