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<blockquote data-quote="Marcie Mac" data-source="post: 572871" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>Ca laws are really strict when it comes to missing school</p><p>As of the new year, California parents face prosecution, fines up to $2,000, and even jail time if they dont make sure their kids attend school regularly. The new state law took effect on January 1 and was signed into law last September by former Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger.</p><p>Its a strict law, which holds three designations for kids who chronically miss school. A truant is any student who is 30 or more minutes late to class on more than three school days, a chronic truant any student who misses more than 10 percent of school days without a valid excuse. A habitual truant is a truant who continues to miss class even after school officials attempt to reach out to the student. Parents of kids who are chronically truant can be found guilty of a misdemeanor and face a series of fines and punishments, starting with a $100 fine for the first conviction and ending with a year of incarceration and up to $2000 for parents of chronic truants.</p><p>It would potentially affect many parents in California, where the truancy rate is 24 percent, according to Californais Department of Education. Prior to the new state law, parents could be cited and fined but never faced jail time. The apparent goal is to threaten parents with prosecution so they go after their kids to make sure theyre in school. The initiatives champion, Californias new attorney general, Kamala Harris, tested the law out in San Francisco and said that it was responsible for cutting truancy rates in the city by 32 percent.</p><p>Harris addressed the issue in her inaugural speech yesterday:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">We know chronic truancy leads to dropping out, which dramatically increases the odds that a young person will become either a perpetrator or a victim of crime. Folks, it is time to get serious about the problem of chronic truancy in California. Last year we had 600,000 truant students in our elementary schools alone, which roughly matches the number of inmates in our state prisons. Is it a coincidence? Of course not.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">And as unacceptable as this problem is - I know we can fix it. In San Francisco, we threatened the parents of truants with prosecution, and truancy dropped 32 percent. So, we are putting parents on notice. If you fail in your responsibility to your kids, we are going to work to make sure you face the full force and consequences of the law.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">This work to combat truancy is part of the broader oath that I swore today and the oath upheld every day by the men and women of the the Attorney Generals office.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">One of my friends had the school threaten him with jail time as his kids were always late to school - not their fault as they are easy child's, but his wife who couldn't be bothered getting them up and out on time, or just didn't bother sending them at all. I can't believe your school district doesn't send someone over to your house if you call them and tell them you are having a problem getting her up. I have so been there done that with mine, and started nagging and yelling a whole two hours before he had to get up and go, or dousing him with water, or just dragging his sorry behind out of bed. </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Good luck with your meeting tomorrow</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Marcie</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcie Mac, post: 572871, member: 47"] Ca laws are really strict when it comes to missing school As of the new year, California parents face prosecution, fines up to $2,000, and even jail time if they dont make sure their kids attend school regularly. The new state law took effect on January 1 and was signed into law last September by former Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger. Its a strict law, which holds three designations for kids who chronically miss school. A truant is any student who is 30 or more minutes late to class on more than three school days, a chronic truant any student who misses more than 10 percent of school days without a valid excuse. A habitual truant is a truant who continues to miss class even after school officials attempt to reach out to the student. Parents of kids who are chronically truant can be found guilty of a misdemeanor and face a series of fines and punishments, starting with a $100 fine for the first conviction and ending with a year of incarceration and up to $2000 for parents of chronic truants. It would potentially affect many parents in California, where the truancy rate is 24 percent, according to Californais Department of Education. Prior to the new state law, parents could be cited and fined but never faced jail time. The apparent goal is to threaten parents with prosecution so they go after their kids to make sure theyre in school. The initiatives champion, Californias new attorney general, Kamala Harris, tested the law out in San Francisco and said that it was responsible for cutting truancy rates in the city by 32 percent. Harris addressed the issue in her inaugural speech yesterday: [INDENT]We know chronic truancy leads to dropping out, which dramatically increases the odds that a young person will become either a perpetrator or a victim of crime. Folks, it is time to get serious about the problem of chronic truancy in California. Last year we had 600,000 truant students in our elementary schools alone, which roughly matches the number of inmates in our state prisons. Is it a coincidence? Of course not. And as unacceptable as this problem is - I know we can fix it. In San Francisco, we threatened the parents of truants with prosecution, and truancy dropped 32 percent. So, we are putting parents on notice. If you fail in your responsibility to your kids, we are going to work to make sure you face the full force and consequences of the law. This work to combat truancy is part of the broader oath that I swore today and the oath upheld every day by the men and women of the the Attorney Generals office. One of my friends had the school threaten him with jail time as his kids were always late to school - not their fault as they are easy child's, but his wife who couldn't be bothered getting them up and out on time, or just didn't bother sending them at all. I can't believe your school district doesn't send someone over to your house if you call them and tell them you are having a problem getting her up. I have so been there done that with mine, and started nagging and yelling a whole two hours before he had to get up and go, or dousing him with water, or just dragging his sorry behind out of bed. Good luck with your meeting tomorrow Marcie [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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