Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 86,000 Texas teens have been sent to court for missing school since lawmakers' 2015 reforms made truancy a civil matter, ...

Mother says son missed school over safety and health concerns.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (WCMH) — Records show the eldest of the 16 Vinton County children rescued from a home missed every day of school ...

D.C. council member Zachary Parker has proposed a bill to reform D.C.’s approach to chronic absenteeism and truancy, citing issues of youth crime and low academic performance. The legislation aims to ...

Inside the courtroom at Framingham Juvenile Court, Karrie Conley felt her anxiety grow as a lawyer working for her daughter’s junior high school outlined the truancy case against the girl. The child, ...

The judge denies an allegation by the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct that he raised his voice and spoke in an agitated and aggressive manner while hearing truancy cases and directly inquired ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — New numbers show the Corpus Christi Independent School District has seen a decrease in truancy cases in the past two years. Student Support Services Director Ronald Kanipes ...

Veronica Flores-Paniagua: Municipal Court's aggressive approach to truancy isn't without considerable political support, but JP's jabs seem personal. It was only a matter of time before the grumbling ...

The D.C. Council is considering legislation that would close a critical gap in the city’s truancy system and force officials to investigate why thousands of students miss school each year. The bill, ...

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 ...