COLLINS, CHAPA LAVIA ANNOUNCE NEW ATTENDANCE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

CHICAGO – State Sen. Jacqueline Collins

and State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia joined

members of the new Attendance Awareness

Campaign to announce the group’s attendance

awareness mission.

Collins, one of the co-sponsors of the bill

creating the state’s Attendance Commission,

spoke about Illinois’ four year study into the

causes and effects of chronic absenteeism

among students in Chicago and throughout the

state.

“Journalists and observers have found

compelling links between chronic absenteeism

and run-ins with the law,” said Collins,

D-Chicago. “We need to acknowledge the

importance of this issue and recognize that

there are many causes of it that go far beyond

kids just not wanting to go to class. By fighting

to give our students opportunities, we are

fighting to end violence.”

“The Attendance Awareness Campaign was

created by the Illinois Attendance Commission

in an effort to support a statewide paradigm

shift to focusing on student attendance and

messaging that every student counts and

every day is precious and indeed matters “

said Antoinette Taylor, a consultant with

Exceptional Needs and the Attendance

Commission Chairperson.

Taylor also screened the Attendance

Awareness PSA Every Student Counts: Every

Day Matters About the importance and impact of

attendance, is now available for the public to

share and help spread word of the campaign.

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