What is the current state of the law in Ontario for dealing with the issue of truancy in the juvenile court?

Rather than attacking the symptoms of truancy, the juvenile courts should strike at its causes. Those of us who have presided in juvenile court for any appreciable time well know the profile of the youngster who frequents the halls of juvenile court rather than the halls of his school. The child can neither read with understanding nor write comprehensibly. ² Parental indifference to the educational well-being of the child exacerbates the problem. ³ Unable to keep up with his school work in the classroom, his return from truancy signals disruption. Counseling and tutorial services, where emphasis is on participation in school, in reading books at home, in finding enjoyment in reading, in one-on-one tutoring, would better prepare the truant to become a student than to adopt a pattern of "lockup" through the contempt power of the court. "Illiteracy is an enduring disability." (Plyler v. Doe (1982) 457 U.S. 202, 222, 102 S.Ct. 2382, 2397, 72 L.Ed.2d 786.)