GaroldStone

Prince George’s plans to launch a truancy court that will focus on getting students who skip school back on track. The court is still awaiting funding approval, but is expected to start in 2009. Mar 13, 2008

Despite dramatic increases in truancy at some Prince George’s County schools, the rate overall decreased slightly last year. Jan 10, 2008

The House of Delegates approved a bill that would deny driver's licenses to students with 10 or more unexcused absences in the previous calendar year. A similar measure passed the Senate Judiciary Committee late yesterday, and it appears to have wide support in the full chamber. Mar 16, 2007

Prince George’s judges and prosecutors have turned their anti-truancy efforts toward middle school parents and children in a new phase of an operation to keep children in school. Jan 11, 2007