The review, of all local children's services, will see Connexions staff take on responsibility for improving attendance in local primary and secondary schools.
The new Connexions-led service is due to be in place by September, but schools will be without specialist attendance support between now and then.
Connexions staff have traditionally only worked with the upper end of the secondary age group, working with young people not in employment, education or training.
Jenny Price, president of the Association for Education Welfare Management (AEWM), criticised Bolton Council for getting rid of a service that improved attendance levels and reduced persistent absence to the extent that government rated its performance as outstanding.
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