This whole thing about remote learning seems a non-sequitur to me, since the OP article was about absenteeism. Presumably students enrolled in an approved remote study or other alternative program would not be counted as absent.
The original article seems to be about students who are not getting any regular schooling, remote or otherwise.
It also talks quite bit about students with various academic or social challenges, like various mental health issues. I doubt the looser supervision of remote schooling would help with that, and the two children featured in the article did not see remote schooling as the solution (one seems to be attending a different, more flexible in-person alternative school, the other opted for 1 on 1 homeschooling)
I would assume remote learning would be especially bad for students, especially young students, with various learning disabilities, given how poorly supervised remote learning is. That may work well for older students, especially college students, who can be reasonably expected to self-supervise (though the lack of strict supervision and structure in college often results in less disciplined students failing)
I agree with the gist of the article that public schools often fail in their duty to provide adequate education to students who need specialized attention and accommodation, but I'm not seeing how remote schooling is a magic solution for that.
