Videos – Truancy
~ 3 Parents Arrested In Truancy Sweep – YouTube
~ Another mom jailed for truant children – YouTube
~ Bill aims to remove criminal prosecution for parents of truant students – YouTube
~ Law enforcement sweeps for parents, truant students – YouTube
~ Georgia parents arrested for not sending children to school, police say – YouTube
~ Kids skip school, parents pay – YouTube
~ Law enforcement sweeps for parents, truant students – YouTube
~ Mom Jailed For Kids’ Truancy; Hanford Mother Sentenced To 180 Days – YouTube
~ Mother Charged After Claiming To Protect Child – YouTube
~ Mother punished for her kids’ truancy at school – Fox News – VIDEO
~ Mum jailed for 5 months for kids truancy – YouTube
~ Muskegon Co. mom ordered to jail over child’s excessive absences – FOX 17 Michigan – VIDEO
~ Nearly 40 Parents Arrested In Truancy Sweep – YouTube
~ Parents Arrested For Students- Truancy – YouTube
~ Parents in hot water for kids’ truancy issues – YouTube
~ Parents of Truant Kids Hauled Off to Jail – YouTube
~ Parents of truant students ordered to appear in court – YouTube
~ Parents say they are being harassed over truancy – YouTube
~ Parents With Truant Kids Face Fines, Jail Time – YouTube
~ St. Marys parents arrested for truancy – YouTube
~ Texas Honor Student Gets Jail Time for Truancy – YouTube
~ Texas student jailed for missing school – YouTube
~ Truancy Crackdown on Parents – YouTube
~ Truancy sweep in Springfield – YouTube
~ Truant school kids get surprise trip to jail – YouTube
~ Truant students taken into Juvenile Hall – YouTube
~ Tulsa Parents Could Face Jail Time If Kids Miss School, If Truancy Ordinance Passes – YouTube
~ Wyoming mom charged for daughter’s truancy – YouTube
~ Ypsilanti Township parents could face jail for kids truancy – YouTube
Mainstream News – Truancy
- ~ 11 Johnson County parents face charges in truancy crackdown – Indy Star
- ~ 11 Johnson County parents facing criminal charges for kids missing too much school – Fox 59
- ~ Brunswick mother jailed 15 days for child’s truancy – Wilmington Star News
- ~ California mom goes to jail for letting kids skip school – Cal Coast News
- ~ California mom jailed for kids’ truancy – Fox News
- ~ Charges dropped against honor student jailed for truancy – Chron
- ~ Charges dropped against honor student jailed for truancy – Daily Mail Online
- ~ County wants to boost school budgets by raising attendance – 89.3 KPCC
- ~ Deputy threatens to shoot truant student after teen moves car toward him – ABC News
- ~ Diane Tran, Honor Student At Texas High School, Jailed For Missing School – HuffPost
- ~ Diane Tran, Texas Honor Student Jailed For Missing School, Has Contempt Order Vacated – HuffPost
- ~ Do US laws that punish parents for truancy keep their kids in school? – The Guardian
- ~ Duval County cracks down on truancy with arrests – News 4 Jax
- ~ Honor student jailed for missing school cleared of charges — RT USA News
- ~ Michigan mom jailed for child’s excessive truancy – AJC
- ~ Mom jailed after child misses 26 days of school – ABC News.url
- ~ Mom Jailed For Kids’ Truancy; Hanford Mother Sentenced To 180 Days – KMPH
- ~ Mother Facing Jail Time Over Truant Son – NBC Los Angeles
- ~ Mother Jailed for Daughter’s Excessive Truancy in Michigan – NTD
- ~ Mother jailed for truancy for failing to send daughters to school – mlive.com
- ~ Mothers jailed for truancy after ignoring pleas to send kids to school – mlive.com
- ~ Move Over, Traffic Court, It’s Time for a New Money-Making Scheme: School Truancy Laws That Jail Parents and Levy Excessive Fines – Huff-Post
- ~ Move Over, Traffic Court, It’s Time for a New Money-Making Scheme—School Truancy Laws Jail Parents and Levy Excessive Fines – The Rutherford Institute
- ~ Muskegon Co. mom ordered to jail over child’s excessive absences – FOX 17 Michigan
- ~ Muskegon County mom jailed for not sending child to school – FOX 17 Michigan
- ~ Muskegon Heights mom jailed for kids’ truancy – WOODTV.com
- ~ New Truancy Law Set to Put Pressure on Schools, Parents – The Texas Tribune.url
- ~ Parents Jailed For Kids’ Truancy (1999) – CBS News
- ~ School truancy results in jail for another West Michigan mom – mlive.com
- ~ Texas honor student thrown in jail for missing school – New York Daily News
- ~ Texas Honor Student With Two Jobs Jailed for Missing Too Much School – ABC News
- ~ Texas honor student jailed for truancy likely spent night with ‘hard-core’ criminals – Fox News
- ~ The Truancy Trap: Courts are hitting students with harsh penalties and collecting millions of dollars in fines. But are they addressing the real problems? – The Atlantic
Video – Mother Died in Cell over Truancy Fines
~ Mother Of 7 Jailed For Kids Truancy Fines Found Dead In Cell – YouTube
~ Supporting Eileen’s Law and Reforming Truancy Laws – YouTube
Mainstream News – Mother Died in Cell over Truancy Fines
- ~ Mom Found Dead in Berks Co. Prison Cell – NBC10 Philadelphia
- ~ Mom Jailed For Kids’ Truancy Found Dead In Cell – Sky News
- ~ Mother, jailed for truant kids, found dead in cell – ABC13 Houston
- ~ Mother of 7 in jail because her kids skipped school dies in cell – Washington Post
- ~ Mother Of 7, Jailed Over Truancy Fines, Found Dead In Jail Cell – CBS Philly
- ~ Mother of seven found dead in jail cell serving time for children’s truancy — RT USA News
- ~ Mother of seven who was jailed for children’s truancy is found dead in her cell – Daily Mail Online
- ~ No Charges in Mom’s Truancy-Linked Jail Death – NBC10 Philadelphia
- ~ Pennsylvania woman jailed for truancy fines dies in cell – New York Daily News
- ~ This Mom Died in Jail Because She Didn’t Pay Her Kid’s Truancy Fines – Yahoo! News
- ~ Woman Found Dead in Cell While Serving Two-Day Sentence for Truancy – Jezebel
- ~ Woman jailed over truancy fines found dead in cell – CBS News
- ~ Woman jailed over truancy fines found dead in cell – StarTribune.com
- ~ Woman jailed over truancy fines found dead in cell – The San Diego Union-Tribune
Videos – Unexcused Absences
~ Boy denied graduation after caring for sick mom – YouTube
~ Davenport mother arrested for child’s absences from school – wqad.com – VIDEO
~ Diabetic girl’s attendance battle could help other kids in school lockdowns – YouTube
~ Did school tell parents about unexcused absences? – YouTube
~ Hamilton High School students protest after prom banned – YouTube
~ Lauderdale County Mom Jailed Over Kids’ School Absences – YouTube
~ Missouri mom charged over 9-year-old boy’s poor school attendance – Fox News – VIDEO
~ Mom jailed for children’s school absences – YouTube
~ Mom jailed for kids’ absence from school – YouTube
~ Mom Whose Son Missed School Taken To Jail – YouTube
~ Mother jailed for son’s three ‘unexcused’ school absences – VIDEO
~ Oklahoma student arrested for too many absences – YouTube
~ Parents charged with violating cumpulsory attendance law – Fox 59 – VIDEO
~ Parents facing charges over school attendance – YouTube
~ Students penalized for missing school – YouTube
~ Unexcused Absences May Result In Truancy Charge – YouTube
~ Woman jailed for child’s chronic school absences – YouTube
Mainstream News – Unexcused Absences
- ~ Brooklyn mom furious after daughter cuffed to police precinct pole – Daily Mail Online
- ~ Christian Mom Arrested, Shackled Because Honor Roll Student Son Had ‘Too Many’ Unexcused Absences From School While Sick – The Christian Post
- ~ Council Bluffs mom jailed for children’s school absences – KETV
- ~ Davenport mother arrested for child’s absences from school – wqad.com
- ~ Georgia Mom Arrested and Shackled Because Her Son Took 3 Unexcused Absences When He Was Sick – PEOPLE.com
- ~ Georgia Mom Arrested Over Son’s Unexcused Absences – HuffPost Canada
- ~ Georgia mom arrested, shackled for son’s unexcused school absences – WGN-TV
- ~ Georgia mom arrested, shackled over honor roll son’s unexcused sick days – New York Daily News
- ~ Julie Giles arrested, shackled over son Samuel’s school absences – News.Com.Au
- ~ Missouri mom charged over 9-year-old boy’s poor school attendance – Fox News
- ~ Mom Arrested, Faces 30 Days In Jail Because Sick Son Didn’t Go To School – Off The Grid News
- ~ Mother arrested for son’s unexcused absences from school – AOL.com
- ~ Mom Arrested over Son’s Sick Days Says Parents Should Be Able to Write Notes – PEOPLE.com
- ~ Mom Arrested, Shackled Over Son’s Unexcused School Absences – Fox News Insider
- ~ Mom Arrested, Shackled, Jailed Because Her Honor Roll Son Had 3 Unexcused Absences at School – The Free Thought Project
- ~ Mom Gets Jail Over 6-Year-Old’s Unexcused School Absences – PEOPLE.com
- ~ Mother Arrested and Shackled After Her Son Took 6 Unexcused Sick Days From School – Cosmopolitan
- ~ Mother arrested 3 times in school attendance case – KCCI 8
- ~ Muskogee mother says her son was arrested after school absences – FOX23 News
- ~ Screven Co. mother arrested for son’s unexcused absences – WTOC 11
- ~ Should This School Have Arrested a Mom for Her Son’s Sick Days? – Parents
- ~ St. Charles mother charged after 9-year-old son rarely shows up for school – FOX 2
Mainstream News – Child Abuse
Videos – Kamala Harris
~ Kamala Harris brags about putting parents in jail for truancy (2010) – YouTube
~ Kamala Harris locks up single parents for truancy – YouTube
~ Kamala Harris says Arrest Parents if Children Skip School (Truancy) – YouTube
~ SHOCKING- Kamala Harris Threw Parents In JAIL For Their Kids’ Unexcused Absences – YouTube
~ Video Of Kamala Harris Threatening Parents With Jail Over Truant Children Sparks Outrage – YouTube
Mainstream News – Kamala Harris
- ~ As a Prosecutor, Kamala Harris Said She’d Jail Parents of Truants – Heavy.com
- ~ Attorney General wants to shine light on problem of child truancy (2013) – 89.3 KPCC
- “In a press conference, Kamala Harris said truancy cost California school districts a combined $1.4 billion in funding from the state last year because they’re paid based on student attendance.”
- ~ How Many Parents Served Jail Time Under Kamala Harris’ Decade-Old Anti-Truancy Program- Two. UPDATED – Daily Kos
- ~ Kamala Harris’s careful answer on jailing parents whose kids missed school – The Washington Post
- ~ Kamala Harris laughed about jailing parents over truancy. But it’s not funny – The Guardian
- ~ Kamala Harris Lies About Truancy Laws, Defends Criminalizing Parents Whose Kids Miss School – Reason.com
- ~ Kamala Harris regrets California truancy law that led to arrest of some parents – Los Angeles Times
- ~ Kamala Harris: resurfaced video on truancy prosecutions sparks backlash – The Guardian
- ~ Kamala Harris Says She Regrets That Parents Were Arrested Under Her Truancy Law – HuffPost
- ~ Kamala Harris Spins Facts on Truancy Law – FactCheck.org
- ~ Kamala Harris’ War Against Truancy: Was It Necessary And What Went Wrong? – NPR
- ~ The Human Costs Of Kamala Harris’ War On Truancy – HuffPost
- ~ The Story Behind Kamala Harris’s Truancy Program – Code Switch – NPR
- ~ Why Kamala Harris is under attack for a decade-old anti-truancy program – Vox
Independent News – Truancy
- ~ Did your child miss 90 minutes of school this year? Illinois’ truancy law could put you in jail – Illinois Policy
- ~ Inexcusable Absences: Harsh truancy laws have resulted in children and parents being sent to jail for skipping school. Getting tough on truancy doesn’t help students get an education–and it unfairly attacks the poor. – The New Republic
- ~ New Gov’t Money-Making Scheme- Truancy Laws Levy Outrageous Fines on Parents – CNSNews
- ~ Parents Jailed for Children’s Truancy – American Civil Liberties Union
- ~ West Virginia Loosens Anti-Truancy Laws – The Marshall Project
- ~ Working Teens Dragged Back to School By Bounty Hunters – The Daily Bell