Although it’s been on lawmakers’ agendas year after year, truancy prevention remains a significant issue in most school districts nationwide. In February, KPRC 2 Investigates raised concerns ...

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 ...

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.

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

APPLETON — In the five years since Appleton removed its truancy laws from the books, the district has worked to find other solutions — but, according to superintendent Greg Hartjes ...

“I continue to believe that the rates of truancy and absenteeism in our public schools are unacceptable,” said council member Zachary Parker (D-Ward 5). “We have no choice but to make big ...

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 cases being referred to the county ...