MARTINSVILLE, Va. – As students in Martinsville prepare to go back to school and back to routine Tuesday, the school division’s truancy policy is drawing renewed attention on social media. Under the ...

While California’s school truancy law remains on the books, school districts in recent years appear to have become less and less likely to enforce punitive measures against parents. Multiple phone ...

Despite assurances from Appleton Area School District that the law would be used as a last resort, concerns about giving students citations or tickets for missing school resurfaced at an Aug. 4 ...

The city's truancy ordinance was previously active from 2009 to 2018 but was suspended due to concerns about its punitive nature. Chronic absenteeism in Appleton high schools has risen to 25%, nearly ...

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 ...