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H.R. 4220: Chronic Absenteeism Reduction in Every School (CARES) Act

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H.R. 4220: Chronic Absenteeism Reduction in Every School (CARES) Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-08-30 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-08-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Chronic Absenteeism Reduction in Every School (CARES) Act

Plain summary

Chronic Absenteeism Reduction in Every School (CARES) Act This bill allows local educational agencies to use specified federal funds for mentoring programs and other activities that address chronically absent students (i.e., students who miss 10% or more of school days). Such activities may include, among other things implementing data collection systems that assist schools in collecting and tracking attendance data; creating data-sharing and confidentiality agreements between schools, social service agencies, city and county governments, and partner agencies or community organizations working with students; partnering with local health, transportation, and service providers to target intervention efforts; training and integrating school personnel for mentoring; and implementing evidence-based restorative justice strategies aimed at reducing suspensions in order to keep students in school.

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Official text

Chronic Absenteeism Reduction in Every School (CARES) Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] · 32 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), James A. Himes (D-CT), Ted Lieu (D-CA)

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Record fed-us-cong116-hr4220 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116