IN SR0098

Recognizes student attendance as a powerful predictor of high school graduation rates and a significant component of student success.

Notes that 25 percent of U.S. high school students failed to graduate on time in 2010, with rates near 40 percent for Black and Hispanic students.

Highlights that high school completion increases average annual earnings by approximately $7,216 and generates approximately $245 in annual Indiana income tax per graduate, totaling $9,800 over a working graduate's lifetime.

Encourages programs that increase families and communities working together to improve student attendance, student success, and high school graduation rates.

Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Indiana Partnerships Center.