LAUSD cops adopt new truancy policy

10-21-2011

By Rick Orlov/Los Angeles Daily News

The Los Angeles Unified School District's police force is adopting a more moderate truancy policy in an effort to reduce what was seen as unfair targeting of some students. Community groups had complained that the school police and the Los Angeles Police Department were going after students in poor and minority neighborhoods in disproportionate numbers, and writing them truancy tickets even if they were just late for class. In addition, students became even later to class because they had to wait for the tickets to be written, and then had to miss more class to go to court for the $250 violations. Under the new policy, LAUSD police will no longer cite students who are late but on their way to school, or are on or near school grounds. Officers will also encourage students to get to school rather than ticketing them. They will also end sweeps by school police in the first 90 minutes of the start of school. (more...)

Also: Los Angeles Times, KPCC

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