A Judge’s Guide to Attendance Barriers (‘Truancy’) and Act 138

Resource Type: Fact Sheets
Focus Area: Stopping the School to Prison Pipeline

This fact sheet is intended for Magisterial District Justices (MDJs) and other judges to use when adjudicating truancy matters under Pennsylvania’s compulsory school attendance law. It highlights key changes to the law in light of Act 138 of 2016, which substantially changed the truancy provisions of Pennsylvania’s Public School Code.

Read the guide here.

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