Related Resources

State Department of Education Chronic Absence and Attendance Resources

• Chronic Absence Guidance: Reducing Chronic Absence in Connecticut's Schools: A Prevention and Intervention Guide for Schools and Districts Guide

  • Commissioner’s Memorandum to Superintendents
  • Press Release, April 19, 2017
  • Presentation Slides
  • Watch webinar!

• EdSight, an on-line portal for finding district and school-level data, including chronic absence.
• Ensuring Equity and Excellence for All Connecticut Students: The Connecticut State Board of Education's Five-year Comprehensive Plan 2016-21
• Guidelines for Excused and Unexcused Absences
• Next Generation Accountability System for Districts and School 
• Public School Information System (PSIS) Reference Guide - The PSIS Reference Guide contains detailed guidance on reporting student attendance in the PSIS and for when to unregister students who are not coming to school for extended periods of time.  Guidance on each of these important topics is contained in the appendices of the PSIS Reference Guide.  Formerly they were referred to as Appendix G and Appendix N.
  • Guidelines for Reporting Student Attendance
  • Calculating Student Attendance Quick Reference
  • PSIS Appendix L - Reporting Information about Students who are Disengaged
• School Health Assessments and Immunizations
  • Improving Attendance by Addressing School Health Assessments and Immunizations (June 6, 2018)
    
• State Board of Education Presentation, November 2, 2016
  • Presentation  
  • Report

Connecticut Resources

• Bullying and Harassment
• Comprehensive School Counseling and College/Career and Citizen-Ready
• Connecticut Welcoming Schools Initiative
• Discipline in Connecticut Schools
• Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
• Expulsions from School Guidance
  
  • Alternative Education Opportunities for Students Who Have Been Expelled:  Best Practice Guidelines for Program Implementation and Superintendent Letter, August 31, 2018
  • Guidance Regarding Student Expulsions: Superintendent Letter, August 31, 2018
  • Standards for Educational Opportunities for Students Who Have Been Expelled
• Family and Community Engagement 
• Family Resource Centers
• Getting to School Matters for 3 & 4 Year Olds: How Public Schools Can Help
• Homeless Education: McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth
• KidsMentalHealthInfo.com, Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut, Inc. (CHDI)
• Mentoring: Governor's Prevention Partnership

• School-Based Diversion Initiative, CHDI

• School-Based Health Centers

• School Harassment

• School Nursing
  
• Truancy Referral Guidance
• Youth Service Bureaus

National Resources

• Attendance Playbook: Smart Solutions for Reducing Chronic Absenteeism, FutureED
• Attendance Works has developed a range of resources specific to grades served (i.e., elementary, middle, secondary) and aligned to five important strategies designed to improve attendance: recognizing good and improved attendance; engaging students and parents; monitoring attendance data and practice; providing personalized early outreach; and developing programmatic responses to barriers.  A few examples include:
  • Attendance Awareness Campaign
  • Early and Often:  Early Education Toolkit
  • Leading Attendance:  A Toolkit for Principals
  • Teaching Attendance 2.0: A Toolkit for Teachers
  • Year-Long Planning Calendars
    
• Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
• Get Schooled
• Mentor: The National Mentoring Partnership