Truancy and Attendance

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This study tests the hypothesis that truancy intervention conducted by truancy courts located within a school setting will have a positive effect on attendance. The study follows a quantitative design with a population of truants extracted from a middle-class middle school. The goal of the study is to add to the existing body of knowledge regarding the efficacy of truancy court programs through the publication of an empirical study.

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"In New York City, home to the largest school district in the nation, Garry (1996) reports that approximately 15% are absent on any given day. Los Angeles reports 10%; most do not return to school with authorized absence documentation (Garry, 1996). The bigger problem is in the rates of truancy per child, averaging between 18-88 percent (Olivo, 2001) for students in Providence, Rhode Island. Jeremiah (as cited by DuJardin, 2001) states that 94 percent of truant students have been truant before. Truancy is an issue that is defined on a state-by-state basis, as education attendance criteria are relegated to the state legislature. "

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