Michigan Conference on Reducing State Budgets

At the Mackinac Policy Conference in Michigan, keen minds looking for state budget savings have honed in on the issue of truancy.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said:
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We're talking about illiteracy, we're talking about truancy. Truancy is probably one of the biggest issues when it comes to juvenile delinquency. Truancy is huge. But people don't want to talk about spending money in those truancy programs. If we can get people in school we can correct some of the issues."

Truer words have rarely been spoken. . .