Truancy
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DC Council to take up truancy bill
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The D.C. Council is taking up a bill that seeks to make parents more accountable for children who miss too much school.
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D.C. Council advances truancy bill
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The D.C. attorney general already has the power to prosecute parents but rarely uses that authority. Parents will now be informed after their child misses 10 days that they could face prosecution.
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D.C. Council to address truancy reduction, alcohol bill
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The D.C. Council will hold a public oversight roundtable Thursday on truancy reduction in the city’s school system.
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Edward Burroughs III, P.G. school board member censured
CommentThe Maryland State Board of Education says school board officials in Prince George's County were correct to have censured a board member who visited a high school to investigate a truancy complaint.
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Truancy problem growing in D.C.
CommentSince school began in August, D.C. Police have picked up more than 6,000 truants around the city, they say.
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