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

"Although the 'minors in need of supervision' provisions of the Illinois Juvenile Court Act were repealed many years ago, a ...

A collaboration between local judges and Marshall County Schools has led to the hiring of truancy diversion specialist Mike Rose. "He's not going to be a correctional officer at the school,” Judge ...

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

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

Efforts by school officials and tools provided by Pennsylvania keep chronic absenteeism in the Valley from approaching the ...

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

The presidential campaign is light on policy details. For hints of what Kamala Harris might do as president, we look at her ...

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

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

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

Why K-12 students don’t show up to school — and how to make kids and their parents more accountable — was largely the focus ...