APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) - The Appleton Area School District (AASD) and Appleton Safety and Licensing Committee have gone back and forth for months concerning a truancy ordinance.

On Wednesday night, those discussions continued, as officials met to discuss further on reinstating the ordinance after about 29.1% of high school students were 'chronically absent' in 2024-25.

District officials define chronic absences as missing about 10% of the school days during an academic year. About 33.8% of high schoolers could be considered habitually truant in the last semester, defined as missing some, if not all, of 5+ school days in a semester without an excuse.

The truancy ordinance in question would allow local judges to impose specific mandates that are intended to get students back in school.

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