When students miss lots of school without an excuse, it's known as truancy — and in Madison County, Ind., it can lead to a visit from truancy... He has a badge and a gun — and he investigates school ...

It was about 2 p.m. on a Thursday in May when Mitch Carroll pulled up to an apartment building with teal trim in Madison County, Ind. He was wearing jeans, a T-shirt and pristine white sneakers. But ...

Every state has a truancy policy, and many of those policies make not going to school illegal. The consequences vary by state and jurisdiction. In some truancy cases, courts may jail parents or detain ...