[Alabama] Education Daily — November 9, 2026: Showing Up

From Education Across the States 2026-11-09 · 7:27

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Alabama's chronic absenteeism rate fell from nearly eighteen percent to twelve point zero five percent in two years, and a new state attendance manual aims at five percent by twenty thirty — Alex and Jordan explain the two definitions behind the count, why ninth-grade absences predict graduation, and how Sumter County cut its rate from about forty percent to twenty-six, plus a due check on the missing accounting for district RAISE Act plans. Sources — Alabama State Department of Education, 2026-2027 Alabama Attendance Manual, Chronic Absenteeism chapter (state definition of eighteen or more absences, five percent by twenty thirty goal, Johns Hopkins ninth-grade table): https://www.alabamaachieves.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/CAS_ATT_2026105_20262027AlabamaATTManual_v1.pdf ; Alabama State Board of Education resolution recognizing September 2026 as Attendance Awareness Month, adopted August 13, 2026 (chronic absence from 14.84% to 12.05% on the 2025 State Report Card), summarized with a link to the official resolution at Attendance Works, Proclamations 2026: https://awareness.attendanceworks.org/resources/proclamations-2026/ ; Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Studying the Southern Surge — How Alabama Improved Reading and Educational Attainment (2026), chronic absenteeism section: https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/research/studying-southern-surge-how-alabama-beat-odds-reading ; American Enterprise Institute, From Attendance Crisis to Chronic Condition, June 2026, Table 2 (fifty-three percent of Alabama districts on track to halve 2022 rates by 2027): https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/From-Attendance-Crisis-to-Chronic-Condition-Tracking-Post-Pandemic-Chronic-Absenteeism-into-2025.pdf?x17072 ; SchoolStatus, Reduce Chronic Absenteeism With One Rulebook (Sumter County), October 9, 2026: https://www.schoolstatus.com/blog/reduce-chronic-absenteeism-attendance-consistency ; RAISE Act district-plan check: searched Alabama State Department of Education news releases and Alabama education coverage on November 9, 2026 for any department accounting of the district accountability plans due November 1, 2026; none found. All sources retrieved November 9, 2026. AI Generated

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