Attendance Recovery allows local educational agencies (LEAs) the option to offer more opportunities to increase student access to instruction and recover funding dependent on average daily attendance.

To mitigate the negative impact that chronic absenteeism and emergency events have had on academic continuity for students and LEA funding, Senate Bill (SB) 153 (Chapter 38, Statutes of 2024) as amended by SB 176 (Chapter 998, Statutes of 2024) established the Attendance Recovery (AR) program under Article 9, Chapter 2, Part 26 of Education Code (EC) sections 46210-46211.

AR programs are voluntary programs that enable students to recoup absences for the purpose of apportionment (up to the lesser of ten total or the total number of absences accrued in a given school year) by attending supplementary sessions outside of the regularly scheduled school day.

Beginning in fiscal year 2025–2026, school districts, county offices of education and classroom-based charter schools may choose to offer an AR program to eligible students enrolled in classroom-based programs before or after school, during weekends, or on intersession breaks.

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