WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study shows that nearly four out of five District of Columbia families who participated in voluntary truancy-prevention programs saw an increase in school attendance for their children.
The study was funded by the D.C. Justice Grants Administration and is being released Tuesday. It was commissioned in the wake of a new city law that seeks to make parents more accountable for children who missed school.
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