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A Problem with Truancy with Dusty Olson

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Interview · North Dakota · Dusty Olson · NDNAEU 5

Themes: Language & revitalization, Kinship & family, Education & learning, Arts & expression, Children & young people

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Learn About questions

What is the “Failure to Send Children to School” Code? What is absenteeism and how does it impact schools and students? What is the 10 Day Absent rule? What is Truancy Court?

Learn From questions

Did my family see school attendance as a priority?  Why or why not? How does missing school impact learning? Do I remember a time where I missed an extended period of time from school?  How did it impact me?

Transcripts

05 Dusty Olson A Problem With Truancy

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We have a failure to send children to school code and the school uh that code has it’s i think i was written in the 1980s if i can understand right it’s still the same code that code needs to be changed there’s too many loopholes in it also the education department did bring up the 10 day rule which if you’re a consecutive 10 days the school has the right to drop you that’s been shied away from language and has kind of kind of took over the education department right now but the thing is now we have a new building that popped up uh child safety center with the tribe and that’s just brand new and they’re they’re actually it’s a lot of referrals it’s all kind of like a kind of outlet to a lot of the problems instead of having to you know settle it in court which i know court does have to intervene um [Music] we i’ve also vied for truancy court which they do down south in the southern united states um they do have a truancy court that is ongoing so it’s just uh you have your civil court you have your family courts and now you have your now you have your education where it’s just straight education and they uh just like a regular court but it’s just for education purposes only

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