9% of state students habitually truant

Dani McClain:

More than 9% of Wisconsin's students had at least five unexcused absences a semester in the 2006-'07 school year, according to a report released today by the state Legislative Audit Bureau.

The report, a statewide review of best practices in public school districts' truancy reduction efforts, also found that nearly half of all Milwaukee Public Schools students, 46%, are habitually truant. The district has worked with the Milwaukee Police Department since 1993 to operate the Truancy Abatement and Burglary Suppression program.

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Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 11, 2008 2:45 AM
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