SB 5426 - DIGEST

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Finds that there is a correlation between the dropout rates of youth and the rate of truancy within the educational system. The state must have as a priority the reduction in the rates of truancy and dropouts in the state educational system. The state must encourage the districts to adopt policies which reduce the rates of truancy and dropouts within the schools in their districts.