The Northern Kentucky Education Council works to align education initiatives across six counties in Northern Kentucky. It aims to ensure successful transitions for students from birth through career. One of its key regional strategies is to address chronic absenteeism, which is defined as missing 10% or more of the school year. Over 2,300 elementary students in the region missed this threshold in the 2011-2012 school year. The document discusses convening local schools to review attendance data and strategies, and having an Action Team collaborate with pilot schools to track data, analyze root causes, and share effective approaches to reduce chronic absenteeism in the region.