Washington Township Public Schools reported a districtwide reduction in chronic absenteeism during the 2025-26 school year, but did not release the starting or ending rates.
Every Ohio school district board is required to adopt a student-absence policy by Aug. 1, 2026, setting local family-notification procedures and intervention supports.
Hawaiʻi public-school students returned Aug. 3 as a statewide cellphone-use policy adopted by the Board of Education moves into campus-level implementation.
Hawaiʻi public schools serving East Honolulu began the 2026-27 year Aug. 3 under a newly adopted statewide cellphone-use policy, alongside department reminders on attendance, buses and meals.
Biloxi families face new Mississippi attendance rules on excused absences, medical notes and partial-day attendance as the 2026-27 school year begins.
