How Austin is addressing the thousands who miss school every year

AUSTIN (KXAN) — There are new efforts underway to prevent what’s become a big problem in Central Texas: chronic absenteeism. That’s when a student misses 20 days out of the 180 school year — or about one out of every 10 days of school.  For the first time a summit will be held in Austin to help district leaders learn new ways to curb the problem.
According to E3 Alliance, 2.3 million individual students missed school within the last five years in Central Texas. That