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Last school year, 63% of the roughly 65,000 students who lived in homeless shelters were marked chronically absent, or missed at least 1 in 10 school days. These students routinely face long commutes and transportation delays, pushing them further behind academically.
As attendance and outcomes lag for NYC’s homeless students, advocates renew push for increased state funding and city agency coordination.
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NYC’s homeless students struggle to get to school. Advocates want more funding, coordination.
Advocates want more funding from the state and better coordination from city agencies to ensure NYC’s homeless students don’t fall behind.
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