Do student walkouts affect school district funding?

Recent walkouts at school campuses by students protesting the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts probably haven’t hurt California public school budgets.

California is one of six states that fund public schools based on how many students attend classes on an average day.

Under California law, Average Daily Attendance is calculated by dividing the total number of days students attended class by the number of days of instruction.

A student who leaves campus for only part of the day to protest...