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Tag: truancy

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New program aims to lower San Francisco truancy rate

by inaki and El Tecolote Staff October 6, 2010October 6, 2010

Under California law, children between the ages of six and 18 are required to attend school. Chronic truancy puts students at risk of dropping out of school and San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris notes a strong correlation between high school dropouts and crime. In the past four years, 94 percent of San Francisco’s homicide […]

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