Truancy rates spiked after the Truancy Intervention and Parent Accountability Program was axed during budget cuts in 2008, so county and school district leaders are designing a new program that could ...

The Luzerne Intermediate Unit is in the final planning stages to initiate a model program for truancy prevention in Luzerne County schools. Representatives from systems including Juvenile Probation, ...

A truancy prevention program the Saratoga Springs City School District runs with the county district attorney’s office has been so successful other local school districts may adopt it. The Student ...

Lawrence Public Schools district offices pictured in April 2021. The Lawrence school board at Monday’s meeting approved partnership agreements with outside agencies that are meant to bolster support ...

When 12-year-old Israel Makeda’s absences from Montgomery Village Middle School started piling up, school staff and the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Truancy Prevention Program got the 7th ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study shows that nearly four out of five District of Columbia families who participated in voluntary truancy-prevention programs saw an increase in school attendance for their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A truancy problem-solving court is beginning a pilot program in Frederick County’s circuit court and will hear its first case on ...

SAN ANTONIO — Over the last five years, lawmakers in Texas have been grappling with the issues of dropout rates and truancy. What's changed is the long held reliance on justice of the peace and ...

The Caddo Parish School Board voted Tuesday evening to help fund the truancy prevention program that's helped to increase school attendance. The program is run by Volunteers for Youth Justice. It's ...

Over 300 students with perfect attendance have the chance to receive free bikes and helmets through the ‘Every Day in School Program,' which was created by the Shelby County District Attorney's Office ...

How to prevent truancy and reduce the number of out-of-school children dominated the agenda of a meeting by Traditional Rulers on May 15 at the Palace of Eburu of Ibaland, Osun state. The meeting was ...

The City of Omaha has awarded three grants aimed at truancy prevention. The City Council approved $150,000 in grants Tuesday. The groups receiving the money are the Latino Center of the Midlands, the ...