Clarifies public school student attendance recording and reporting requirements.

This bill clarifies how New Jersey public schools must record and report student attendance. It creates four categories: "present," "excused absence" (for health issues including menstrual disorders, mental health, court appearances, or family death), "State-excused absence" (for religious observances, Veterans Day, or school board activities), and "unexcused absence." Schools must provide make-up work for excused absences and require documentation (medical or parental) for health-related absences, with mental health absences needing school support review. The bill also specifies that excused absences count toward chronic absenteeism reporting for school accountability, while State-excused absences do not.