Since the pandemic, researchers have found that parents overestimate how many days it takes to be considered chronically absent and underestimate their own child’s absences. Truett said he hoped a ...

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A Pennsylvania mother of seven died in a jail cell where she was serving a two-day sentence for her children’s absence from school, drawing complaints from the judge that sent her there about a broken ...

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 ...

Truancy is a serious issue in Kentucky, and the numbers are going up. Today, the Juvenile Justice Oversight Council in Frankfort heard from a program in Alabama on how it was able to reduce truancy ...

State law generally requires children ages 6-17 to attend school regularly.

Several schools in Caddo Parish have an increase in student attendance compared to data from last year, according to ...