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"This trend of a sudden spike in year 2020 of violent criminal offenses by juveniles in Louisiana directly mirrors a 2020 spike in truancy cases throughout our state."
Truancy is any intentional, unjustified, unauthorized, or illegal absence from compulsory education. It is a deliberate absence by a student's own free will and usually does not refer to legitimate excused absences, such as ones related to medical conditions.
The district filed a truancy complaint against one student just two months after they were released from a mental health hospital, the complaint describes. This week, the groups shared a summary ...
The truancy diversion program, she said, is the first contact with the system for many youth. She worked with with the state and other counties, and increased funding to $795,000 in her second year.
Status offenses may include consumption of alcohol, truancy, and running away from home. These acts may be illegal for persons under a certain age, while remaining legal for all others, which makes them status offenses.
Charged on eight counts of being a major drug distributor, each compounded by a conspiracy charge, Bellecourt accepted a plea bargain deal. He confessed, entering a guilty plea to lesser felonies. Federal District Judge Paul A. Magnuson sentenced him to five years' imprisonment (of which he served less than two).
More than a quarter of Bibb Schools students were chronically absent last school year, according to attendance data obtained by The Macon Newsroom
Juvenile delinquents or juvenile offenders commit crimes ranging from status offenses such as, truancy, violating a curfew or underage drinking and smoking to more serious offenses categorized as property crimes, violent crimes, sexual offenses, and cybercrimes. [12]