MEDIA ADVISORY

Date: September 3, 2004

Contact: Lana Wyant, Special Assistant Deputy District Attorney
Phone: (916) 874-5907

Truancy Sweep 2004
September 8 @ 9:00 a.m.
District Attorney’s Office
901 G Street, 4th floor John Price Conference Room

The vast majority of Californians place a high priority on education. Significant portions of our tax dollars go to support our children and our schools. Most parents willingly assume the responsibility for assuring that their children attend school regularly and get the education they need to become productive adults. Parents who actively shirk this responsibility, despite tremendous support from the schools and the School Attendance Review Board, are now named in arrest warrants for Contributing to the Delinquency of Minors who are habitually truant students.

Please join Sacramento District Attorney Jan Scully, as well as other agency officials, for a press conference preceding the 2004 Truancy Sweep. School District representatives will also be available for questions and comments.

This year we have over 80 warrants to serve on these parents who fail to send their children to school.

Media is invited to participate with the teams in visiting the homes where warrants will be served.