Minn-LInK Edition 46: Unexcused! School Attendance Policies and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Minn-LInK Report Brief—Special Topic No. 46, Fall 2021
Authors: McNeely, C.A., Alemu, B., Lee, W.F., & West, I.

The purpose of this brief was to attempt to answer the question: Why are racially minoritized K-12 students much more likely than White students to be petitioned to court for being absent from school, even when they miss the exact same number of days of school?