School districts in Lane County and statewide are still struggling to bring regular attendance rates back to levels from before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recently released state data shows little progress — and some backsliding — since last year across the county’s 16 school districts. Statewide, regular attendance rates improved less than 1%.
To be classified as a “regular attender,” a student must attend more than 90% of school days. That means a student can miss, at the most, only about 18 days of school to qualify…