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Calif. bill could jail parents if kids miss school
- 05-14-2010
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By Don Thompson/San Luis Obispo Tribune
The state of California would hold parents responsible if their children are chronically truant under a bill the state Senate approved Thursday. The bill would let prosecutors charge parents with misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine if their kids miss too much school. Judges could delay the punishment to parents as an incentive to get their children to class. It applies only to parents or guardians of children age 6 or older in kindergarten through eighth grade. Prosecutors would have to prove the parents failed to reasonably supervise and encourage the student to attend school. (more...)
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