ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Over 400 participants gathered to put heads together and attempt to solve issues with absenteeism and truancy within schools in the Pelican State at the 2025 Louisiana Solutions Summit, held at the Four Points by Sheraton Convention Center in Alexandria on September 8.

“One of the major benefits of this is that there are so many people doing so many wonderful things about these issues,” said State Supreme Court Chief Justice John Weimer. “But what works in Shreveport might not work in Grant Parish. What works in Rapides might not work in Lafourche Parish.”

This is why state leaders, including those from the Louisiana Supreme Court, the State Department of Education, and the Board for Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), are working collaboratively to find

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