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Senate Bill S8526

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a statewide student attendance and absenteeism dashboard

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2025-S8526 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9181
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3213-a, Ed L

2025-S8526 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of education to develop and maintain a publicly accessible statewide attendance and absenteeism dashboard to be posted publicly on the state education department's website.

2025-S8526 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8526 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8526
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a  state-
   wide student attendance and absenteeism dashboard
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3213-a
 to read as follows:
   § 3213-A. STATEWIDE STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND ABSENTEEISM  DASHBOARD.  1.
 ESTABLISHMENT.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, AND OTHER  STAKE-
 HOLDERS, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE STATEWIDE ATTENDANCE
 AND  ABSENTEEISM  DASHBOARD  TO  BE  POSTED PUBLICLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S
 WEBSITE.
   2. CONTENT. THE DASHBOARD ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, DISPLAY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (A) STATEWIDE, DISTRICT-LEVEL, AND SCHOOL-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND CHRONIC
 ABSENTEEISM RATES, DISAGGREGATED BY GRADE LEVEL;
   (B)  DISAGGREGATED  DATA  BY  STUDENT  SUBGROUPS,  INCLUDING  RACE AND
 ETHNICITY, DISABILITY STATUS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STATUS,  CONSIST-
 ENT WITH FEDERAL AND STATE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS;
   (C) COMPARISONS WITH PRIOR SCHOOL YEARS; AND
   (D)  DATA  VISUALIZATIONS DESIGNED TO BE CLEAR AND ACCESSIBLE TO FAMI-
 LIES, EDUCATORS, POLICYMAKERS, AND THE PUBLIC.
   3. TIMELINESS. (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT ATTENDANCE  DATA  FROM
 EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ON  AT LEAST A WEEKLY BASIS AND SHALL UPDATE THE
 DASHBOARD NO LESS FREQUENTLY THAN ONCE PER WEEK.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER MAY PROMULGATE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING THE METH-
 OD AND FORMAT OF DATA SUBMISSION TO  ENSURE  ACCURACY,  UNIFORMITY,  AND
 TIMELINESS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13862-01-5
 S. 8526                             2

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