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California · Attendance Recovery
$5.7B
LAO estimate: annual LCFF cost of switching from attendance to enrollment
19.4%
Statewide chronic absenteeism rate, 2024–25
California’s New Attendance Recovery Rules and the Funding Schools Leave Unclaimed
SB 153 and AB 176 give districts new ways to recover missed instruction and eligible ADA. Making it work takes coordination between counselors, instructional leaders, and the business office.
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