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Attendance and Truancy in Texas

Important News Regarding Attendance and Truancy Laws in Texas

Did you know that in the state of Texas, there are currently 20 different reasons you are able to “miss” school and still be counted as “present” and that some of those reasons even have travel days???

Read the list below to find out what those absences are, which ones have travel days added to them, and what type of documentation is acceptable for GISD and TEA to use in the case of an audit.  

chart of absences

chart of absences

chart of absences