A new Colorado Department of Education analysis says one in four students across the state missed roughly 10% of the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise known as chronic absenteeism.
“We define chronic absenteeism as that inconsistent attendance,” said Johann Liljengren, Director of drop-off prevention and student re-engagement office for the Colorado Department of Education. “It’s a student who misses 10% or more of the days that they’re enrolled in a school. So, if you kind of think of that over the course of a school year, it’s missing one or two days every other week.
