What to know about Illinois education as students head back to school – Illinois Policy

About 28 percent of Illinois students were chronically absent in the 2022-2023 school year. That compares to a rate of 17.5 percent in the last full school year before the pandemic. The rate was 10 percentage points higher among Illinois’ low-income students: 38 percent missed at least 10 percent of their school days in 2023.

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