PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Governor Dan McKee and education leaders gathered at the Rhode Island State House on Tuesday to kick off the 2025 Attendance Matters RI campaign.

According to a spokesperson for Gov. McKee, the initiative aims to increase student attendance in the classroom.

At the event, the governor announced new “attendance and academic achievement guidance” to help students who fall behind in their classwork because of frequent absences.

McKee said Rhode Island saw over 142,000 fewer absences last year alone.

“Since the height of the pandemic when chronic absenteeism peaked, we’ve boosted attendance and recovered more than 3.7 million hours of learning as a result… that’s a big deal. But we are not stopping there, and the fact is, students who are chronically absent fall b

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