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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@8ZHH9Y23yrs3Y
yes but to an certain extent
@558YLXV3yrs3Y
Yes. Truancy should be treated more from a social services perspective than from a legal perspective; criminalizing truancy only leads to increased legal problems and increased incarceration for low-income individuals.
@5643HNN4yrs4Y
Yes, but we still need to be invested in our childrens' success by not throwing the book at them
@8R8K8WM4yrs4Y
Yes, and provide programs for students that are not committed to school.
@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
@8XTW3QC3yrs3Y
i don't have any position
@8YJYYGW3yrs3Y
No, since it is based on students own free will, their punishment will be falling behind in classes and not being able to graduate/ get into college/ be successful in the future
@8YJ6ZGY3yrs3Y
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