TOUGHER SCHOOL TRUANCY LAWS PROPOSED
Source: South Australia. Minister for Education. Media Release.
"The Rann Government will introduce stronger powers to make South Australians parents more accountable for their child’s attendance at school. Education Minister Jane Lomax-Smith says a raft of amendments to the Education Act 1972 are being drafted to toughen the State’s school truancy laws. "We want young people to be in school, work or training," Dr Lomax-Smith says."