In Fayette County, truancy needs to be treated at deeper levels, rather than just as a punishment. Jose Luis Villegas Sacramento Bee Staff Photo Truancy is a pertinent issue in public education.

When Michael was in kindergarten, he missed more than 80 days of school. He was not ill and no one from Michael's family ever called to say why he was not attending school. When I was elected district ...

HOUSTON – Truancy prevention data reported to the Texas Education Agency is not proactively monitored, 2 Investigates discovered. State law requires school districts to engage in truancy prevention ...

The city's truancy ordinance was previously active from 2009 to 2018 but was suspended due to concerns about its punitive nature. Chronic absenteeism in Appleton high schools has risen to 25%, nearly ...

SPOKANE — Christine Ellenwood hid the first two letters from her Spokane high school last fall, warning her that skipping class was against the law. She was living with her older brother and didn’t ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Three Texas lawmakers are looking for ways the state can better collect data on truancy cases, following a KXAN investigation that discovered no state agency has tracked outcomes for ...

Part two of the three-part series by investigative reporter Zoe Nicholson on the reality behind Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's graduation rate. This story was updated to correct that ...

Valley High School achieved an undesirable status last school year. The south Sacramento school recorded the highest truancy rate of any traditional campus in the Sacramento region, with 97 percent of ...

As long as there have been schools and classes, there have been students who don't show up. And educators scratching their heads over what to do about it. In most states, missing a lot of school means ...

How to improve California’s education system is a challenge that has long divided state and local elected officials, education advocates, teachers and parents. One thing is certain, however: No ...

As California attorney general, Kamala Harris brought down truancy rates and got more kids into the classroom – by threatening jail time for their parents. Any kind of criminal charges for truancy is ...

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