Truancy is intentional, unjustified, unauthorized, or illegal absence from compulsory education. Its absence is caused by students of their own free will and does not apply to excused absences. In the U.S. truancy laws are regulated by local school districts and vary widely across the United States. Penalties include fines or jail time for parents or children. In 2019 Presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Beto O’Rourke introduced plans that would require the government to decriminalize truancy at the federal level.
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@8P6PWZP4yrs4Y
Yes, especially when students need a mental health break.
@899WSD35yrs5Y
This issue should be handled by the state governments.
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, parents should have civil but not criminal responsibility for willful school absences of their child beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, but hold parents civilly responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week, with fines and other penalties to be determined by local school districts.
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, but parents should be held responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week, with civil fines and other penalties to be determined by local school districts.
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, but parents should be held responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week, with civil fines and other penalties to be determined by local school districts
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, parents should only have civil responsibility for voluntary school absences of their child that last beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, but parents should be held civilly responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, but parents should be held civilly responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts.
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, hold parents civilly -not criminally -responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, hold parents civilly, not criminally, responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, hold parents civilly but not criminally responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, but hold parents responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week, with civil fines and other penalties to be determined by local school districts.
@7PV36BB4yrs4Y
Yes, but do everything possible to keep children in school
@charmingsirnick3yrs3Y
Yes, this contributes to the school-to-prison pipeline.
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