
It is simply not excusable for any public official to publicly campaign against the will of the people, nor to direct policy in direct opposition thereto.
They've always made a big deal about "count day" where I'm from. I'm sure other States do something similar. The idea is that the State uses the attendance count from this one day as the baseline count, and this attendance count is then used when the districts divvy up the State funding available for public schools.