Under state law, truant students can be referred to juvenile court and their parents or guardians can face fines, mandatory ...

Truancy Officers Melissa Keller and Tahanna Francis said the district uses a holistic approach to address absenteeism and ...

Associate Education spokesperson David Seymour has announced the release of a new resource designed to support the ...

Associate Education Minister David Seymour says there will be no more teacher-only days during term time and schools will ...

"Although the 'minors in need of supervision' provisions of the Illinois Juvenile Court Act were repealed many years ago, a ...

Associate Education Minister David Seymour said he would tour the country to talk with school and attendance officers about the system ... If we want better social outcomes, we can't keep ignoring the ...

UISD, recognizing employees fighting against truancy, recently held its Attendance Awareness Proclamation Ceremony.

Trustee Jeff Church disagreed and said, “baby steps are not going to work,” and the decreases in absenteeism rates aren’t ...

The acting principal of Belmont Primary School on Auckland’s North Shore has labelled a move to ban teacher-only days during the term a “kick in the guts” ...

Parents of students absent for 15 days could also face prosecution, while changes to teacher-only days are coming, David ...

Pamela Clark became the 14th president of the union and the youngest and first Black female education support staff member to ...

Why K-12 students don’t show up to school — and how to make families more accountable — was discussed Thursday at the ...