A state senator has filed legislation to shore up the state’s collection of truancy court information to provide lawmakers and education leaders a clearer picture of how the civil penalty system ...

Court orders in truancy cases can have a major impact on a student’s life. For example, students can be ordered to get their G.E.D., which would require them to withdraw from school. Nobody ...

Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates told WBAL NewsRadio that he instructed his staff to start collecting data for ...

While California’s school truancy law remains on the books ... “good enough” attendance is what McHugh is looking for in order to avoid further court involvement. It’s up to every district to decide ...

In Marion County, this heightened focus on getting kids to school has led to countless dinner table conversations and an uptick in the number of truancy ... idea that our court system, especially ...