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State Treasurer Fiona Ma's visit to Mountain View School District in El Monte shed light on the district challenges amid sharp enrollment declines and rises in pension liabilities and other costs.
Absenteeism has nearly doubled since the pandemic. With state and federal governments largely abdicating any role in getting kids back into classrooms, some schools have turned to private companies for a reimagined version of the truant officer.
In the past few years, chronic absenteeism has nearly doubled, Alec MacGillis writes. The fight to get students back in classrooms has only just begun.