Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Truancy Ordinance: It will help school district reimbursement from the state but will it help the learning atmosphere of the schools?

UPDATE 4-20-2011:  County Board sent ordinance back to committee for a re-write.

Other Questions:  Have some other cities/counties tried this?   What are their experiences?  Some specific studies naming the communities which passed such ordinances and their findings should be presented.

Would there be any additional costs to enforcing such an ordinance? Are these county or district costs?   If the two school districts want this, did each of the boards pass a resolution requesting the ordinance?

Why the rush to pass this ordinance now?  Enforcement can’t really begin until the new school year.   Can some questions be answered first?

truancy ordinance

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