Chronic Absenteeism is one of the areas which determines school accountability. A student is defined as being chronically absent if the student is enrolled a minimum of 10 days (60 days for correctional facilities) and absent 10% or more of the days enrolled. All absences (excused and unexcused) are used to make this determination. Excused absences are only used to determine if the student should also be deemed truant.
More information on Attendance Reporting and Chronic Absenteeism can be found here:
https://www.maine.gov/doe/data-reporting/collection/helpdesk/resources/attendance