OCALA, Fla. ( WFLA) — Two Florida parents were recently jailed for not ensuring their children were attending school.

More than 86,000 Texas teens have been sent to court for missing school since lawmakers’ 2015 reforms made truancy a civil matter, rather than criminal. A KXAN investigation found cases are ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District released data showing how often it referred kids to truancy court this school year, revealing a significant decline from the previous year.

The eldest daughter of the woman jailed for her children's truancy insisted last night: 'There must be another way of teaching kids a lesson without locking their mother up.' Kerry Cowman ...

If they go unexcused, a student could quickly end up being labeled as truant. Both chronic absenteeism and chronic truancy include various levels of intervention from schools. Schools ar supposed to ...

A Pepperell Middle School mom is charged with child truancy after her two 13-year-old children missed more than 50 unexcused school days since the beginning of the school year, reports ...

(The Center Square) − The Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is tackling two critical issues facing the state’s education system: Teacher shortages and high truancy rates.