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Mayor's Interagency Task Force on Truancy, Chronic Absenteeism and School Engagement

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	Watch a Special Message from Mayor Bloomberg Watch Task Force leadership on WNET’s American Graduate Day Telethon Watch the Truancy Task Force’s feature on NYC Media’s “That’s so New York” Watch Homeless Services Commissioner Seth Diamond’s Interview on NY1 Watch Magic Johnson’s Public Service Announcement on Truancy and Chronic Absenteeism Watch Magic Johnson Record a Wake Up Call for Chronically Absent Students Watch Mets Shortstop Jose Reyes’ Spanish-Language Public Service Announcement Watch Aaron Sanchez’s English-Language Public Service Announcement Watch Aaron Sanchez’s Spanish-Language Public Service Announcement Watch Ndamukong Suh’s Public Service Announcement

Learn what the Task Force is doing to tackle this problem.