David Seymour: Associate Education Minister on the funding boost to improve school attendance

A significant funding boost for attendance services across the country.  The Government's investing $140 million into improving school attendance over the next four years, in Budget 2025.  It includes $123 million on a new attendance service, with more data monitoring than currently exists.  Associate Education Minister David Seymour told Mike Hosking a lot of the funding will go towards more people in these roles.  He says about 80 regions will have a single attendance service that schools can call on.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.