If school (folkeskole) children have more than 15% absences, then parents will lose the “child check”, according to a law from 2019. However, as it is up to each municipality to apply this law, in some municipalities you get punished, in others you don’t. Now, the minister of education wants to amend that law to force every municipality to implement it.
14,967 school children had over 15% absences during one quarter in the 2021/2022 school year. Only 624 of them lost the money (child check). The school must inform the municipality when a student has an absentee rate of over 15%.
