POCATELLO - School District 25 is seeking state funding to hire truancy officers, who would patrol popular youth hangouts to catch habitually absent students.
Jim Harrell, director of student services, said the officers would give to teeth to a more stringent district attendance policy enacted at the start of the school year.
"With No Child Left Behind, we are being held accountable for teaching students, but we can't do that if they aren't in school," Harrell said.
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