Legislation Introduced to Combat Truancy
Source: New South Wales. Minister for Education. Media Release.
"The NSW Government will introduce legislation to give more flexibility to the Education Department and courts in dealing with cases of school nonattendance. The Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth, said the aim of the legislation was to get children back to school by focussing on the causes of non-attendance and introducing a wider range of intervention options."