Truancy Prevention and Juvenile Crime Reduction Act of 1998

Summary

Truancy Prevention and Juvenile Crime Reduction Act of 1998 - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to eligible partnerships of local governmental units and local educational agencies to reduce truancy and the incidence of daytime juvenile crime. Sets forth provisions regarding maximum grant awards, allocation of such awards, and grant renewal. Authorizes the use of grant amounts to comprehensively address truancy through: (1) parental involvement in prevention activities; (2) sanctions; (3) parental accountability; (4) in-school truancy prevention programs; (5) involvement of local law enforcement, social services, judicial, business, and religious communities, and nonprofit organizations; (6) technology; or (7) elimination of 40-day count and other unintended incentives to allow students to be truant after a certain time of school year. Authorizes the Attorney General to give priority to funding programs that attempt to replicate specified model programs. Authorizes appropriations.

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Timeline

1. 24 July 1998

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

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2. 24 July 1998

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8997-8998)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 24 July 1998

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 24 July 1998 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 July 1998

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 24 July 1998

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Sponsors

• Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
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