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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Response rates from 371 Congressional District (at Large) voters.
47% Yes |
53% No |
47% Yes |
53% No |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 371 Congressional District (at Large) voters.
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Unique answers from Congressional District (at Large) voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@8JJ29SS4yrs4Y
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.
@9DZQJQM1yr1Y
No and make public schools stricter
@8G4T2584yrs4Y
It should depend on the reason for truancy.. Sickness, death, injury, should excuse it but, missing the bus or oversleeping is not an excuse.
@8LG9KGY4yrs4Y
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
@8HW3FSG4yrs4Y
I don’t really know much about this subject.
@9B55G432yrs2Y
Yes, but only up to a point
@8TP3S493yrs3Y
No, and increase penalties for school truancy.
@9RXP9KX4mos4MO
Yes, it is the school’s responsibility to punish students for unreasonable absence, not the government
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