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Oak Grove aldermen direct staff to draft ordinance holding parents responsible for truancy
Summary
At the Aug. 18 meeting, Oak Grove aldermen voted to direct city staff to work with the Oak Grove School District and the city attorney to draft an amendment to Section 210.18 (endangering the welfare of a child) to include parent or guardian truancy responsibility; the board asked for guardrails and a later data review.
The Oak Grove Board of Aldermen on Aug. 18 directed city staff to work with the Oak Grove School District and the city attorney to draft an amendment to Section 210.18 — “Endangering the Welfare of a Child” — to give the city a mechanism to hold parents or guardians responsible when compulsory-attendance efforts fail.
Board members said the measure is intended as a tool of last resort to address chronic truancy after school- and district-level interventions have been exhausted.
Police Chief told the board that other jurisdictions have adopted similar provisions and that the city has struggled to get some children back to school:…
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