09/05/2008
Parents Weigh in on Bryan Truancy Pilot Program (KBTX 3 Bryan - College Station)
Nearly 1,800 truancy cases have been filed in the Bryan Independent School District over the last year and a half.
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09/07/2008
Officials wary of ankle bracelets to battle truancy (The Conroe Courier)
While a Bexar County justice of the peace is issuing ankle bracelets to ensure problem truants attend school, local school officials and judges have mixed feelings about the South-Central Texas judge’s requirement.
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09/07/2008
Oldham begins job to help decrease student truancy (Grand Island Independent)
The second phase of the Grand Island public schools' "poverty plan" got under way this past week as Chief Deputy Hall County Attorney Michelle Oldham began her new duties for the district.
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09/04/2008
Brazos County Examining Ways to Curb Truancy (KBTX 3 Bryan - College Station)
Brazos County Justice of the Peace Tommy Munoz is trying to get more kids back inside the classroom. He is teaming up with Bryan Independent School District to establish a pilot program to address truancy.
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09/03/2008
Lansing School District holding Truancy Court assemblies (Lansing State Journal)
The Lansing School District is holding a series of assemblies in coming days to inform students about the Truancy Court program.
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09/06/2008
FLDS families file hundreds of homeschool affidavits (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Posted: 5:17 PM- Hundreds of homeschool affidavits have been filed by parents from a polygamous community at the Utah/Arizona stateline in the past week, a reaction apparently triggered by a threat to enforce truancy laws.
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09/06/2008
Polygamists say their kids are being educated (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Hundreds of home school affidavits have been filed by parents from a polygamous community at the Utah/Arizona border in the past week, a reaction apparently triggered by a threat to enforce truancy laws.
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09/05/2008
Brooks: APS truancy rate is 'way too high' (KOB-TV Albuquerque)
APS Superintendent Winston Brooks says 18 percent of students aren't in class on any given school day—a number he plans to cut in half. "That number is way too high, so we're using that as a benchmark," Brooks said.
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09/05/2008
9:50am -- Clovis Mom Sentenced on Truancy Charges (Albuquerque Journal)
Woman gets six months probation for allowing her daughter to miss 65 days of school last year.
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09/05/2008
Clovis Mom Convicted on Truancy Charges (KFDA-TV Amarillo)
Too many unexcused absences in school puts a Clovis mother on probation.
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