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 @ISIDEWITHDiscuss this answer...5yrs5Y

Yes

 @9GJQRLQRepublican from Texas disagreed…5mos5MO

No because the kids need to learn there subject.if they did not went to school they not going to know nothing in the real world.At least let them finish high school so they have experience if they encounter something they have to know.

 @9FSJN9V from Indiana disagreed…6mos6MO

Children need to go to school to get an education. Higher education reduces crime and improves everyone else’s life.

 @9F5Z2FH from Massachusetts disagreed…7mos7MO

No. Children need to be in some sort of school. Of course there are exceptions for certain situations like mental or physical health. But otherwise truancy should be enforced. I have worked in public schools for almost ten years and truancy is a big problem.

 @9KVPLX9Republican from Missouri agreed…2wks2W

Students, especially high school seniors, may not live with their parents or have a good relationship with them. If the parent is in charge of excusing the students absence, those with no contact or busy parents don't have a fair way to get marked excused. I think their should be more incentives for coming to school and school should be designed to have students wanting to come. But if something comes up or the student is dealing with at home issues, they shouldn't be punished for it.

 @ISIDEWITHDiscuss this answer...5yrs5Y

No

 @9GXB6PM  from Nevada disagreed…4mos4MO

I feel like school truancy is stupid because good kids who have hard things going on in life, and can't always be in school shouldn't have to bare consequences schools should at least speak with the students . But if a kid doesn't try and it naturally bad they should bare the consequences.

 @9H2DDNL from Nebraska agreed…4mos4MO

If a child is not going to school, it is harming their education. If they are close to falling under that title of truancy, finding a way to continue education is important. Life is hard but a good school system can help a child who is missing too much school to stay on track.

 @9H2CHT9 from New Mexico disagreed…4mos4MO

School truancy is an excuse to participate in these hard things in life such as gangs, drugs, and sexual relations so it should be outlawed.

 @9H2C4ZF from Utah disagreed…4mos4MO

I agree with this statement because its saying that good kids get punished for what bad kids do and they dont get punished for it

 @9H3LKK4Socialist from Virginia disagreed…4mos4MO

There are buses provided to students. There’s no excuse other than medical reasons as to why a student would miss enough school to qualify as truant. Even in the situation where the student is unable to go because of a medical condition they shouldn’t get something they didn’t earn.

  @DirtHutCaver2023Libertarian  from Colorado disagreed…4mos4MO

If the government shouldn't decriminalize school truancy, what will you do to make school more-engaging and educational? How will you provide better access to school for those who can't get to school easily? Etc.

Basically, how would you make school worth going to? At the moment, school isn't very worth going to, so I feel like it's not fair to punish kids for truancy. But, Idk.

 @9H22JZH from Ohio disagreed…4mos4MO

My argument is that some kids can have problems at home, family emergencies, or lack of a way to get to school. They should not be criminalized if they're less than 10 minutes late or don't have transportation.

 @9FSV989 from Nevada disagreed…6mos6MO

It should only be towards children who do not attend school on their own accord. If it is for a good reason they should not be marked truant as you never know what they are going through.

 @8JJ29SS from Ohio answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, however, if the absence is clearly a day that was skipped, students should not receive credit for anything due that day or assignments handed out that day. Fall on their own sword.

 @8LG9KGY from North Carolina answered…3yrs3Y

depends on what the problem is like doing school online ,its really easy to forget to do it because you can get busy with stuff at home

 @8G4T258Patriotic Peoples from Oklahoma answered…3yrs3Y

It should depend on the reason for truancy.. Sickness, death, injury, should excuse it but, missing the bus or oversleeping is not an excuse.

 @8HW3FSG from Colorado answered…3yrs3Y

 @9DZQJQM from Texas answered…7mos7MO

No and make public schools stricter

  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…6mos6MO

Not attending school isn’t like missing jury duty, this is just a plain bad idea to keep.

 @8FR5YWN from Michigan answered…3yrs3Y

 @8FGKSQX from Ohio answered…3yrs3Y

Truant students should not recieve jail time, but fines and other punishment are suitable.

 @8NPMJB3 from Massachusetts answered…3yrs3Y

 @8FK3M94 from Florida answered…3yrs3Y

It shouldn't be jail time for the parents if the kids are giving them a hard time. Not only that, but when school systems are paying attention to attendance they tend to notice absence of children being abused at home. The schools shouldn't make it criminal for the parents because 10 absences at my high school was a truancy. Kids have doctor's and sick days not covered by insurance. Kids need mental health days and sometimes just need a day off.

 @8F4ZCHC from Texas answered…4yrs4Y

Sometimes the kid learns more out of school than in school, but truancy is still bad.

 @8F4HDNV from California answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, unless the student has committed other crimes along with the truancy, the discipline should be up to the school system itself.

 @8DYSJSLRepublican from Idaho answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, students who refuse to learn should not be required to do so, though the consequences of that failure should be made clear to both student and parents.

 @8QBRNB7 from Minnesota answered…3yrs3Y

 @8FDNVTSDemocrat from Colorado answered…3yrs3Y

No but each truancy case should be looked at individually and parents should not get jail time or fined if it is not their fault

  @9FZMFMVIndependent from Massachusetts answered…6mos6MO

No, it is OK to miss school if you’re sick, injured or mourning the loss of a loved one, but allowing students to skip school whenever they feel like it, for no reason, will certainly lead to a dramatic climb in dropout and crime rates.

 @9GZDTYYIndependent from Maryland answered…4mos4MO

School truancy laws should be left to the most local level of government that primarily controls education. That being said, I believe that deliberate absence from school without a reasonable excuse should not be a crime since for young individuals, school is essentially their job, which would make criminalizing school truancy akin to declaring skipping a work shift illegal, which is unreasonable since the consequences for skipping work should be determined by the employer and not the government, the exception of course being government institutions.

 @9BHTTC7 from Georgia answered…11mos11MO

 @98PXLNG from Utah answered…1yr1Y

No, but truancy laws should only exist to protect children and provide them with reasonable education, and should not include jail time.

 @988L2NQ from Pennsylvania answered…1yr1Y

Yes, the school districts should decide how to deal with that issue, not the government

 @959NZ2L from Wisconsin answered…2yrs2Y

It shouldn't be a crime, but if the child is missing almost every day then it should become a concern for the school. If the parent is having issues, the school should be able to offer support or be understanding if the family is having a rough time.

 @9278Y33Independent from Massachusetts answered…2yrs2Y

No, it is OK to miss school if you are sick injured or mourning the death of a relative or friend but to allow students to skip school for any reason whenever they want Will cause a skyrocket in crime and drop out rates.

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