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

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 ...

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 ...

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

County Board of Education is considering changing student vacation absences from excused to unexcused. Frederick County Public Schools allow students a maximum of five vacation days during the school ...

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 ...

Truancy courts were created where the penalties ... There is a pretty broad standing consensus that you want to invest in ...

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 ...