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Did CA quietly quit funding by “butts in seats”?

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blake09 Sat 22-Aug-26 10:37:52

CA is one of 5 states that fund by student seat time. I think in CA 4 hrs and 30 min counts as a full day of funding.

But all I’ve seen is legislation repealing truancy consequences but I haven’t seen districts push the panic button on funding given the amount of chronic absenteeism.

The bar for being chronically absent is >2 absences a month. We have kids at our school who are missing 40% of the year. I think our average is ~35%. Maybe more (I have to pull the data).

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JamesandJon33 Sat 22-Aug-26 13:24:38

I presume this is an American question. I have no idea or interest in the answer

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MawsRosie Sat 22-Aug-26 13:34:47

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valdali Sat 22-Aug-26 19:17:37

"butts in seats" used to be a determinant of college funding here in the UK too and a controversial one.
Not worked in this area for yonks, so may well be different now.

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Dontcallmelove Sat 22-Aug-26 19:25:06

JamesandJon33

I presume this is an American question. I have no idea or interest in the answer

So, you could have scrolled on. Very rude imo.
Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt.

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JamesandJon33 Sat 22-Aug-26 20:07:45

Mea culpa

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danielmnovak Mon 24-Aug-26 16:19:43

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