TRUANT TEENS Judges Hand Down Fines, Punishment To Parents Of Allegedly Truant Teens
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Also Contributing: Teresa Fayak
Reported: Mar. 23, 2012 11:25 AM EDT
Updated: Mar. 23, 2012 11:46 AM EDT
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Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
Parents are being punished in a crackdown on their allegedly truant teens. The children are chronically absent from school.
Judges in Cabell and Kanawha counties are holding parents of chronically truant students responsible for their children's absences.
Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Duke Bloom and Cabell County Paul Farrell held hearings Wednesday for several parents.
Bloom fined one parent $50 and ordered her to perform community service. He scheduled a jury trial for another parent and told a third parent to get the proper forms for absences.
Farrell fined three parents $50. The fines will be waived if their children don't miss any school in the next 60 days.
Both judges warned the parents that a second offense could land them in jail. The state also could take their children if the truancies continue.
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