What can you do to abolish truancy laws?

On the other hand, there are lots of at risk children who would and do benefit from being in school. I've been homeschooling for 19 years, but I would not want to suddenly change the law so that parents no longer have to educate their children in SOME WAY. read more

Convince some state representative or state senator to introduce a bill abolishing the existing truancy laws. Convince a majority of both chambers to vote in favor of that bill (Nebraskans might an easier time of it since they have a unicameral legislature). read more

Because of the extent of the problem, Pima County began a program called ACT Now (Abolish Chronic Truancy) which aimed to strictly enforce state and district truancy laws and offer a diversion program to address the root causes of truancy. The program also sought to provide serious sanctions for both juveniles and their parents if truancy persisted or if conditions specified by the diversion program were not met. read more