The chart on the following pages presents a crosswalk of the taxonomy and reasons for student absences provided by state statutes and Forum members. The information is not exhaustive, and there may be additional examples not presented in the chart.
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| ABSENT
S: State Statute or report D: District report |
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| 2A | 2B | 2C | 2D | 2E | 2F | 2G | 2H | 2I | 2J | 2K | |
| STATES | Noninstruc- tional activity recognized by state or school |
Reli- gious observa- tion |
Illness, injury, health treat- ment, or exami- nation |
Family emergency or bereavement | Discipli- nary action, not receiving instruc- tion |
Legal or judicial require- ment |
Family activity | Student employ- ment |
Transpor- tation not available |
Student is skipping School | Situation unknown |
| Alabama | S | S | |||||||||
| Alaska | S | S | S | S | D | ||||||
| American Samoa | |||||||||||
| Arizona | S | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| Arkansas | |||||||||||
| California | S | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| Colorado | S | S | S | S | |||||||
| Connectinut | |||||||||||
| Delaware | S | ||||||||||
| Disctrict of Columbia | S | ||||||||||
| Florida | S | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| Georgia | S | S | S | S | |||||||
| Guam | S | ||||||||||
| Hawaii | S | S | S | ||||||||
| Idaho | S | ||||||||||
| Illinois | S | S | S | S | |||||||
| Indiana | S | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| Iowa | S | S | |||||||||
| Kansas | S | ||||||||||
| Kentucky | S | S | S | ||||||||
| Louisiana | S | S | S | S | |||||||
| Maine | S | S | S | S | S | S | |||||
| Maryland | S | ||||||||||
| Massachusetts | S | S | D | S | D | ||||||
| Michigan | D | S,D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | |
| Minnesota | S | S,D | S,D | D | D | S | |||||
| Mississippi | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||||
| Missouri | |||||||||||
| Montano | S | S | S | ||||||||
| Nebraska | S | S | |||||||||
| Nevada | S | S | S | ||||||||
| New Hampshire | S | ||||||||||
| New Jersey | S | S | |||||||||
| New Mexico | S | ||||||||||
| New York | S | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| North Carolina | S | S | S | ||||||||
| North Dakota | S | ||||||||||
| Ohio | S | ||||||||||
| Oklahoma | S | S | S | ||||||||
| Oregon | S | S | S | ||||||||
| Pennsylvania | S | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| Puerto Rico | |||||||||||
| Rhode Island | S | ||||||||||
| South Carolina | S | S | S | ||||||||
| South Dakota | S | D | S | D | |||||||
| Tennessee | S | S | S | S | |||||||
| Texas | S | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| Utah | S | S | S | ||||||||
| Vermont | D | S | S | D | S | S | |||||
| Virgin Islands | |||||||||||
| Virginia | S | ||||||||||
| Washington | S | D | D | D | D | ||||||
| West Virginia | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||
| Wisconsin | S | S | S | ||||||||
| Wyoming | S | ||||||||||
