DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - After public backlash, Dothan City Schools (DCS) is clarifying its truancy policy. This stems from a ...

DCS said its administrators are working with the Houston County District Attorney’s Office. So far this year, roughly 24% of ...

Truancy is a serious concern in the United States. Its negative effects are so pervasive that in 2003 the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention named truancy prevention a national ...

A truancy problem-solving court is beginning a pilot program in County’s circuit court and will hear its first case on Wednesday. The truancy court, which is not punitive, looks to provide students ...

According to Dothan City Schools’ Code of Conduct (pages 22-25), the law allows for 10 parent notes (excused absences) throughout the school year. Absences beyond that number, absences must be ...

Talarico, a former public school teacher, said budget cuts have limited districts’ truancy prevention efforts. “This reporting features some of the incredible work being done by Texans to ...

Persily said they have been working with the Department of Education who has been working diligently on truancy prevention programs for children instead of housing them for truancy purposes ...

Truancy courts were created where the penalties could be deferred ... There is a pretty broad standing consensus that you want to invest in prevention first and you use a legal system as a last resort ...