'Court school' to classroom: a bill to keep emancipated youth in school

"Court school" is the term for the education of minors in the criminal justice system, but more often than not, it's the last school that detained juveniles will attend.  A key component in the dropout rate of kids leaving juvenile hall - an absence of coordination between the county's education and juvenile probation departments - could be addressed in an assembly bill that would require schools to enroll the incarcerated youth in school upon their exit. Read more about the proposed law and the experiences of youth being schooled in the criminal justice system, on Voicewaves.m_lozano_ab2279_500x279

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