Appleton Common Council's Safety and Licensing Committee delayed voting Sept. 10 on a proposed truancy ordinance for another two weeks, until Sept. 24. While the truancy ordinance was on the committee ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has played his hand by ending the controversial policy that punished parents for their children’s chronic truancy, once sponsored by former Vice President Kamala Harris, ...

Appleton students are one step closer to risking a fine if they skip class. A city committee on Sept. 24 recommended the Common Council approve a truancy enforcement ordinance. Two members of the five ...

Frank J. Pallone Jr. has had many truancy cases come before him during his 24 years as a district judge in New Kensington. In those hearings, Pallone said he takes the time to learn what is going on ...

As states face persistently high rates of absenteeism, lawmakers and educators are wrestling with a thorny question: Should parents and caregivers face criminal penalties when their children miss too ...

Last week the governing panel of Idaho’s Republican Party met at Meridian’s Harvest Church and debated the future of Idaho.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and I don’t have much in common politically. He’s the Democratic governor of California; I work for a think tank in Utah that supports limited government. Newsom opposes school ...

MIDLAND- A new state law will arm school districts with the option of handing kids over to a judge if they have three or more unexcused absences in a month. "In Texas Education is so important they ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – On Thursday, we saw the first arrests related to truancy in Bay County since the Florida statute ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and I don’t have much in common politically. He’s the Democratic governor of California; I work for a think tank in Utah that supports limited government. Newsom opposes school ...