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They didn’t turn in their work for remote school. Their parents were threatened with courts and fines

The Hechinger Report

Most states have some sort of truancy laws on the books, but only about half still have policies punishing truancy with potential penal measures, according to the national policy group Education Commission of the States. In synchronous classes, it is enough for a student to be present. It sometimes takes him hours to type assignments.

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