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Comprehensive Strategies for Reducing Truancy in Pennsylvania

The Truancy Workgroup, co-chaired by Honorable John Kuhn and Cynthia Stoltz, Esq., aims to tackle the critical issue of truancy in Pennsylvania. This initiative gathers input from a diverse group of stakeholders, including judges, child welfare administrators, educators, and community leaders. Key recommendations focus on collaboration, fostering an educational climate that connects students to their schools, utilizing data-driven strategies, and ensuring sustainable funding. Community engagement and stakeholder dialogue are essential for effectively addressing truancy and enhancing student success.

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Comprehensive Strategies for Reducing Truancy in Pennsylvania

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  1. Truancy Workgroup Members Co-Chairs – Honorable John Kuhn & Cynthia Stoltz, Esq. Members: Courts Common Pleas Judges, MDJs, Hearing Officers, Court Administrators Child Welfare DPW, CYF Administrators, Managers, Social Workers Education PDE, PASA, PSBA, PAESSP, High School Principals, Education Law Center Juvenile Justice JCJC, Chief’s Association, PCCD

  2. Workgroup Charge • Gather information about critical systemic issues in PA regarding truancy • Identify nationally recognized and PA truancy best practices • Outline an approach and a series of recommendations for reducing truancy in PA

  3. Recommendations

  4. Truancy Workgroup Recommendation 1 Demonstrate Effective Collaboration Efforts Including Sharing the Accountability and Responsibility for Truancy

  5. Truancy Workgroup Recommendation 2 Create an Educational Culture/Climate that Prioritizes Students’ Connection to their School and Engages Families

  6. Truancy Workgroup Recommendation 3 Implement Specific Strategies with Measurable Outcomes Targeting Prevention, Early Identification and Intervention

  7. Truancy Workgroup Recommendation 4 Track Truancy Data and Program Outcomes and Share Information with Stakeholders

  8. Truancy Workgroup Recommendation 5 Build Sustainable Funding Bases and Allocate Resources Based on Data Informed Decisions and Partnerships that Maximize Efficiencies

  9. Next Steps • Implementation Strategies • Support for communities to implement the recommendations • Communicate the message about the urgency of truancy

  10. Next Steps • Collaborate with JCJC to identify truancy laws needing clarified or altered 3. Engage the medical community as a valued partner in addressing truancy at both the state and local levels

  11. 5 Things Local Children’s Roundtables can do • Read the Report • Review your County’s School Truancy Data • Bring the Information back to the Local Children’s Roundtable • Start Identifying Community Stakeholders who may be Interested in discussing Truancy Issues • Begin a dialogue with Stakeholders

  12. “We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say, ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need to respond, I consider those people my heroes.” - Fred Rogers Truancy Report is available at: www.ocfcpacourts.us

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