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3 results foundAuthor: Rice, Tara Title: Evaluation of the Truancy Court Program in Baltimore City Summary: The Maryland Judiciary, Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), under a grant awarded by the State Justice Institute (SJI), partnered with the University of Maryland, Institute for Governmental Service and Research (IGSR) to conduct an evaluation of the Truancy Court Program (TCP) in Baltimore City, operated by the Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) at the University of Baltimore School of Law. This report on TCP is part of a series of reports evaluating truancy intervention programs in Maryland, including the court-based intervention Truancy Reduction Pilot Program (TRPP) in the First Judicial Circuit and the mediation intervention Baltimore Students: Mediation about Reducing Truancy (B-SMART) in Baltimore City schools. TCP is one of several programs created over the years to address the high level of truancy in Baltimore City public schools. TCP is a voluntary, 10-week, in-school intervention program for students who are beginning to demonstrate a pattern of truancy. Students who had between 5 and 20 unexcused absences/tardies within the previous two marking periods are eligible for the program. Students are selected for TCP by teachers, counselors, and other staff at the individual schools. Each student's parent/guardian decides whether the student will participate. The program emphasizes mentoring and service referral for student participants and their parents/guardians. Volunteer "judges" conduct mock court sessions in participating schools to monitor student progress in the program and to provide encouragement to participants and their families. The TCP team also includes school-based representatives, including the principal or vice-principal, who is involved with the students; parents and guardians; and non-school-based members, including CFCC staff and University of Baltimore School of Law students. This team, with financial resources provided by both public and private organizations, has provided the TCP program to more than 500 students at 14 different schools since the spring semester of 2005. With additional funding from a federal stimulus grant, TCP has expanded to include a total of eight schools in Baltimore City, as well as schools in other Maryland jurisdictions (Montgomery and Anne Arundel Counties) during the 2009-2010 academic year. The evaluation of the Truancy Court Program (TCP) was designed to contribute to the empirical literature on the implementation and operation of truancy reduction intervention programs. This report examines the following: (1) TCP's goals and objectives; (2) the organizations and individuals involved in TCP‟s operation and the resources they contribute (directly or indirectly); (3) implementation of TCP, including the number and characteristics of program participants, and types and levels of services, and how each compares to the planned program; and (4) perceptions of individuals who deliver the program and those to whom the program is delivered regarding strengths, weaknesses, successes, and failures. The study focused on TCP implementation at six Baltimore City schools during the 2008-2009 academic year. The methods used to gather data include: (1) structured interviews with CFCC staff members, TCP team members, and participating students and their parents or guardians; (2) interviews with key stakeholders; (3) observations of TCP sessions; and (4) review of administrative, archival, educational and delinquency data. Details: Baltimore: Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts, 2011. 193p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 16, 2015 at: http://www.igsr.umd.edu/applied_research/Pubs/TCP%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.igsr.umd.edu/applied_research/Pubs/TCP%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf Shelf Number: 137304 Keywords: Problem-Solving Courts School Attendance Status Offenses Truancy Truancy Court |
Author: Coker, Elizabeth Title: Truancy in Washington State: Filing Trends, Juvenile Court Responses, and the Educational Outcomes of Petitioned Truant Youth Summary: Truancy and its correlates, school disengagement and failure, negatively impact life chances for children, the well-being of communities where they live, and the vitality of the state as a whole. The Washington State legislature passed the 1995 "Becca Laws" in response to the case of Becca Hedman, whose chronic truancy and running away from home led to her tragic murder at the age of 12. The Becca Laws are intended to empower families, schools and students to jointly address and overcome barriers to attendance with support from the juvenile courts as necessary1. Since that time, local juvenile courts and school districts across Washington have implemented a variety of programs and practices designed to fulfill the requirements of the Becca Laws while respecting the unique strengths and challenges present in their own communities. Some of these attempts have failed while others have survived and even shown promise over time. All are potentially instructive. Twenty years later, it is time to capitalize on these experiences in order to develop effective truancy intervention programs that reach the students they are meant to serve. Research has demonstrated the effectiveness of Community Truancy Boards (CTBs), and yet these model programs are available in only a handful of Washington State juvenile courts. The truancy petition process is meant to provide families, schools and communities with the legal backing needed to enforce school attendance by identifying and removing barriers to attendance, yet barely one-third of eligible students receive truancy petitions. Of those who do receive truancy petitions, few attend school districts that have quality court-school truancy intervention programs in place. The truancy petition process represents the letter of Washington's truancy laws, but ignores their spirit and intent. The intent of the Becca Laws is to unite schools, courts, communities and families in an effort to provide the services needed to help students to overcome their own personal barriers to school attendance. Truancy petitions are a means to this end, if used in that spirit. This is the second in a series of WSCCR reports describing statewide trends in truancy petition filings, school performance and outcomes for petitioned youth, and current truancy prevention and intervention programs in juvenile courts across the state. This report describes the current condition of truancy practices in Washington State from the perspective of the juvenile courts; outlines recent and historical trends in truancy petition filings; and reports on the educational progress and 3-year outcomes of students who were petitioned truant during the 2010/11 academic year (AY). Drawing from a statewide survey of juvenile courts, linked juvenile court and education data, and other sources, the two studies reported herein describe the common educational pathways of truant youths, both before and after court contact, and provide an overview of the current range of juvenile court responses to truancy in Washington State Details: Olympia, WA: Washington State Center for Court Research, 2015. 86p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 22, 2016 at: https://www.courts.wa.gov/wsccr/docs/WSCCRTruancyUpdate2015.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United States URL: https://www.courts.wa.gov/wsccr/docs/WSCCRTruancyUpdate2015.pdf Shelf Number: 140422 Keywords: Juvenile CourtSchool AttendanceStatus OffensesTruancyTruancy Court |
Author: George, Thomas Title: Truancy in Washington State: Trends, Student Characteristics, and the Impact of Receiving a Truancy Petition Summary: Using multiple research methods, this study examined recent trends, student characteristics, and the impact of receiving a truancy petition on youth outcomes over the past several years and from a variety of perspectives. It draws on numerous published reports, a newly created educational research database containing nearly one million student records, over 1,000 responses on a recently developed risk and needs assessment administered to youths and their parents, and a comprehensive court contact and recidivism database detailing youths' court histories Details: Olympia, WA: Washington State Center for Court Research, 2011. 50p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 22, 2016 at: https://www.courts.wa.gov/wsccr/docs/TruancyEvalReport.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: https://www.courts.wa.gov/wsccr/docs/TruancyEvalReport.pdf Shelf Number: 145576 Keywords: Juvenile CourtSchool AttendanceStatus OffensesTruancyTruancy Court |