"Although the 'minors in need of supervision' provisions of the Illinois Juvenile Court Act were repealed many years ago, a ...

If recorded as unexcused, the student can be considered chronically truant. If recorded as excused, or as a mix of excused and unexcused, the student can then be considered chronically absent. But ...

If your child remains unhappy at school, he or she might be tempted to skip it altogether, with potentially disastrous consequences for his or her education. Government figures show primary ...

Melissa Keller has been a truancy officer in Lafayette Parish schools for nearly 20 years. Lately, she's been busier than ever. Chronic absenteeism, or the share of students who miss at least 10% ...

Ahead of the new school term, Greg James has started to receive ominous letters informing him of something happening on Tuesday 3rd September, where “attendance is compulsory” and “truancy ...

California's public schools face a one-two punch of decreasing enrollment and increasing truancy, which contribute to their ...

However, according to the Department of Public Safety, as of yesterday afternoon, the case had been reclassed to one of truancy. Truancy is any intentional, unjustified, unauthorized, or illegal ...

“There are a lot of steps prescribed by law in how we handle truancy with individual students,” Stroup said. “Most of what I described is part of the law, but each plan is highly ...

Truancy Officers Melissa Keller and Tahanna Francis said the district uses a holistic approach to address absenteeism and truancy, involving the court system or using punitive discipline only as a ...

New data shows school attendance across Indiana is improving, but thousands of Hoosier students are still missing multiple ...

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