Albany County Executive Daniel P. McCoy plans to announce a new pilot program Thursday in partnership with the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Newly filed legislation by a state senator could shore up the state’s collection of truancy court information and provide lawmakers and education leaders with a clearer picture of how ...

To overcome a projected multibillion-dollar deficit in the 2025-27 biennium and pass a budget, Washington state lawmakers ...

A Ravenna landmark might become the site for a program designed to keep youth from entering the juvenile detention system. Judge Patricia Smith, judge in Portage County Probate Court and Juvenile ...

Britt J. Simon was suspended as municipal court judge after he yelled at truant students and threatened to have them deported ...

Consequences or support? That question dominates state lawmakers’ debate on how to address truancy in Texas. KPRC has shown you more than one million children are considered truant in Texas every year ...

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — The Prince George's County State's Attorney is taking aim at truancy by holding parents accountable in court for their child's unexcused absences. During a March truancy ...

HOUSTON – Truancy can be an indication of deeper problems in a child’s life. This is why the Texas Education Code requires school districts to use truancy prevention measures to try to keep kids in ...

FILE - In this Thursday, March 11, 2021 file photo, desks are arranged in a classroom at an elementary school in Nesquehoning, Pa. With just 78% of Pennsylvania students regularly attending school, ...

Second grade students at Shelby Elementary were rewarded with a pizza party for their attendance rate in February.

Melissa Keller has been a truancy officer in Lafayette Parish schools for nearly 20 years. Lately, she's been busier than ever. Chronic absenteeism, or the share of students who miss at least 10% or ...