NJ S4116

School districts must establish attendance review teams if their district-wide chronic absenteeism rate reaches 10% or higher, or if any individual school has a rate of 15% or higher

Attendance review teams may include administrators, guidance counselors, social workers, teachers, and community program representatives, and must meet at least once monthly to review cases of chronically absent students

The Department of Education must develop and publish a chronic absenteeism prevention and intervention plan on its website within six months of the bill's enactment

The DOE plan must include information on causes and effects of chronic absenteeism, strategies for family-school-community partnerships, and data collection methods that allow disaggregation by district, school, grade, race, ethnicity, gender, income level, and language status

The plan may include a mentorship model using students, teachers, coaches, and community partners, as well as incentives to recognize schools and students who improve attendance