Districts Split $35 Million to Stop Chronic Absences
About 30 school districts will receive more than $35 million in grants from the State Department of Education to help curb chronic absenteeism
The passage of Prop 47, otherwise known as the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, in 2014, paved the way for AB 1014 and SB 527. The joint Learning Communities for School Success Program bills signed by Governor Brown in September 2016 allocates grants to help school districts establish programs to limit the number of chronic absentees.
The CDE defines a “chronic absentee” as “a pupil who is absent on 10 percent or more of the school days in the school year.”
All school districts, county offices, and charter schools were eligible to apply for the three-year term grant lasting from 2017-2020. Approved agencies received $50 per 2016-17 enrolled student for each year of the grant with a maximum of $2 million awarded.
In total, 34 school districts were award $35,319,784 to alleviate the chronic absentee issue
The Alameda County Office of Education, Hayward Unified School District, West Contra Costa Unified School District, Pomona Unified School District, Madera Unified School District, San Bernardino Unified School District and Visalia Unified School District received the highest grant amount with $1 759,400 each.
View the full list below, and read more about the program at the CDE website.
|
County Name |
Local Educational Agency |
Amount |
|
Alameda |
Alameda County Office of Education |
$1,759,400.00 |
|
Riverside |
Banning Unified School District |
$562,128.00 |
|
Los Angeles |
Bellflower Unified School District |
$1,045,955.00 |
|
Imperial |
Brawley Elementary School District |
$526,764.00 |
|
Imperial |
Brawley Union High School District |
$243,589.00 |
|
Imperial |
Central Union High School District |
$543,443.00 |
|
Riverside |
Coachella Valley Unified School District |
$1,544,723.00 |
|
Del Norte |
Del Norte County Office of Education |
$542,335.00 |
|
Riverside |
Desert Sands Unified School District |
$1,174,751.00 |
|
Los Angeles |
El Rancho Unified School District |
$1,155,134.00 |
|
Alameda |
Hayward Unified Shool District |
$1,759,400.00 |
|
Riverside |
Hemet Unified School District |
$954,914.00 |
|
San Benito |
Hollister School District |
$533,494.00 |
|
Kern |
Kernville Union Elementary School District |
$116,252.00 |
|
Alameda |
Leadership Public Schools Oakland R&D |
$192,628.00 |
|
San Joaquin |
Lodi Unified School District |
$1,701,032.00 |
|
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified School District |
$1,753,418.00 |
|
Madera |
Madera Unified School District |
$1,759,400.00 |
|
Kern |
McFarland Unified School District |
$327,239.00 |
|
Colusa |
Pierce Joint Unified School District |
$195,293.00 |
|
Los Angeles |
Pomona Unified School District |
$1,759,400.00 |
|
Tehama |
Red Bluff Joint Union High School |
$214,559.00 |
|
Kings |
Reef Sunset Unified School District |
$349,681.00 |
|
Sacramento |
Sacramento City Unified School District |
$1,707,854.00 |
|
San Benito |
San Benito County Office of Education |
$555,122.00 |
|
San Bernardino |
San Bernardino Unified School District |
$1,759,400.00 |
|
Sacramento |
San Juan Unified School District |
$1,365,998.00 |
|
Alameda |
San Leandro Unified School District |
$1,139,563.00 |
|
Sonoma |
Santa Rosa High |
$1,076,615.00 |
|
Shasta |
Shasta County Office of Education |
$940,707.00 |
|
Stanislaus |
Stanislaus County Office of Education |
$1,758,168.00 |
|
Mendocino |
Ukiah Unified School District |
$782,625.00 |
|
Tulare |
Visalia Unified School District |
$1,759,400.00 |
|
Contra Costa |
West Contra Costa Unified School District |
$1,759,400.00 |
