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Chronic Absenteeism Reduction in Every School (CARES) Act

Introduced: September 27, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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Chronic Absenteeism Reduction in Every School (CARES) Act

This bill allows local educational agencies to use specified federal funds for mentoring programs and other activities that address chronically absent students (i.e., students who miss 10% or more of school days).

Such activities may include, among other things

  • implementing data collection systems that assist schools in collecting and tracking attendance data;
  • creating data-sharing and confidentiality agreements between schools, social service agencies, city and county governments, and partner agencies or community organizations working with students;
  • partnering with local health, transportation, and service providers to target intervention efforts;
  • training and integrating school personnel for mentoring; and
  • implementing evidence-based restorative justice strategies aimed at reducing suspensions in order to keep students in school.
What's happening now August 30, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 15 Republican 1
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Lieu, Ted
California · May 15, 2020
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Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Mar 9, 2020
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Feb 13, 2020
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Feb 6, 2020
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Feb 4, 2020
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Feb 4, 2020
LANGEVIN, JAMES
· Jan 8, 2020
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jan 8, 2020
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Jan 3, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Dec 19, 2019
 D
Stanton, Greg
Arizona · Dec 19, 2019
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Nov 8, 2019
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Nov 8, 2019
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 8, 2019
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Harder, Josh
California · Oct 17, 2019
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Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Oct 16, 2019
Lipinski, Daniel
· Oct 8, 2019
SERRANO, JOSE
· Sep 27, 2019
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Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Sep 19, 2019
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Sep 6, 2019
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
· Aug 30, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4220: Chronic Absenteeism Reduction in Every School (CARES) Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4220/
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"H.R. 4220: Chronic Absenteeism Reduction in Every School (CARES) Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4220/.
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H.R. 4220, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4220/.
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