"There are truancy laws, you know."

The task force also noted that the state had recently toughened its truancy laws.

A report suggests that such a measure may be premature and that schools had failed to enforce truancy laws.

Ms. Freeman was the first parent in 22 years to be prosecuted in the north Florida district under the state's truancy laws.

The truancy law gives us the right to stop them whether or not they're engaged in criminal activity.

Only in our country are truancy laws so weakly enforced.

America provides a brief school year and much too short a school day, along with shamefully weak enforcement of truancy laws.

That is when New York passed the first truancy law.

It left lasting results upon the administration of the truancy law as well as the cooperation of volunteer bodies.

Connecticut toughened its truancy law in 1993 to require school districts to refer children to juvenile court after 20 unexcused absences in a year.