Should the government decriminalize school truancy?

I don't think that the government should have much of a stance on whether it should be legal or not. It should be by the school district.

Depends on students background and what they are dealing with, education aside, in their personal life

No, there should be help and assistance provided to truant students who are struggling with issues such as health problems or living situations.

No and Yes. Students should be encouraged to spend more time learning with a better school systems and those students with burn out or depressions, should get more free days to cope with it, so they don't have to stay away from school illegal in the first place.

It's quiet extreme, but also fair

No, but it would be wonderful to give children somewhat of legal possibility to homeschool a few days a half year within reason.

case-on-case scenario to make exceptions

This is a case by case basis for the school

Yes, it’s not a crime but it should be fined

I do not undert question

More should be invested in education so that children will want to come to school.

In certain cases absence from school should be allowed. E.g. the child's mental health or safety is at risk,

school should be made a place that fits to every child so that children want to go to school. Also in families where child neglect is the issue, they should be given adequate help, which isn't taking the child away from the family

It should be seen as child neglect, leading to an investigation of the parents.

Yes, unless it's clearly caused by the parents.

It should try to provide support to those who incur truancy.

Yes, school attendance should not be mandatory.

Yes, and they should offer help to the affected.

Everyone has to do His own whats right for him

No, unless the student has an exceptional reason.

I believe this is a case-by-case subject, and it should have regulations depending on the scenarios.

The government should respond based on the circumstances at home and other details rather than punish every student

Yes, but only if we instead then try to help the kids as usually school truancy is only the reaction to problems, like mental health issues, etc.

Yes, but only with written letters from guardians or healtbcare professionals

No, unless it is due to serious economic or family situations

It shouldn't be decriminalized for parents that hold their kids back from going to school, but the parents who have kids that skip school. They shouldn't go to jail.

No unless they don't go to school at all without a valid reason

Yes, truancy problems should be handled some other way.

No, but lower the punishment for it

To a certain yes, but some forms of discipline should be implemented

Yes, but still require an education and daily contact to other children in some way

Yes, and work to learn what the needs of the child are that are not being met in the schools currently

Yes, but input other punishments and incentives to prevent truancy

Various means of education should be developed to meet the learning needs of children. And the root causes of truancy must be addressed.

No until a certain age

Decriminalize and also provide more social workers to support parents and children. Most kids are not simply "skipping school". For many, learning disabilities, discrimination in the classroom, psychological issues play a large role in skipping school.

Students with good marks should be allowed to skip school whenever they want, but truancy should remain illegal for students with poor marks.

Yes, as long as there is a sufficient reason for doing so.

No, this will cause other students to become truant due to legally not being required to be in school, which can lead to job deficiency decreasing due to lack of needed skills. Students should be mandated to receive proper educations, but establish federal guidelines for the investigation of absences and increase access to education in low income communities and more needs to be done to see why children are not going to school.

Yes. Truancy should be treated more from a social services perspective than from a legal perspective; criminalizing truancy only leads to increased legal problems and increased incarceration for low-income individuals.

Yes, implement social workers help families identify the root problem.

Have you ever felt that school wasn't a priority for you, and if so, why?

Yes but be very vigilante about the consequences of the action

Should parents be punished for their children's truancy, or is that unfair to parents facing difficult circumstances?

Yes, but we still need to be invested in our childrens' success by not throwing the book at them

Yes, but only after the eighth grade.

What do you think motivates some students to skip school, even though they know it's against the rules?

Is there a way schools could be more engaging to prevent students from wanting to miss class?

Do you think missing school regularly can lead to long-term problems, or can students still succeed without perfect attendance?

Have you ever known someone who struggled with attending school, and did they ever tell you why?

If a student skips school, do you think they should be punished or rather helped to figure out why they're skipping?

Do truancy laws actually help students, or do they just make things harder for those already struggling?

How would you feel if the government decriminalized truancy, making it non-punishable by law?

What do you think would make a student feel like staying in school is worth it, especially for those who don't always show up?

Yes! School attendance should never be mandatory to the extant that criminal/civil penalties apply. People overestimate the control parents have over their children. Of course education is important and should be highly encouraged, but there is no reason for punishment as the only person it hurts is the child's future.

I am uneducated on this issue.

Yes our school system is broken beyond repair

We should reform the school system through school choice, and allow parents to make educational decisions for their children.

Yes, especially when students need a mental health break.

Yes, and provide programs for students that are not committed to school.

Yes as long as the student is passing

No, Students are not capable of making good decisions until they have fully matured, meaning they should stay in school and learn.

No, but there should be some leniencies provided for some legroom for students.

depends on why the student isn't going to school. If they arent going to school because they have to provide for their families, give them some way for them to go to school while they can still provide. If they aren't going because they just don't want to, make them go to school

No and parents should be held accountable for those children under 6th grade. The child should be held accountable 7th grade and above.

do wellness checks on students who miss a lot and it is unexcused

Except for truancy in which the student has done illegal activities or truancy in which the parent allows and/or ignores it, Yes, it should be decriminalized.

Depending on reasoning and if they still have access t school work to pass.

We should reform the education system and how schools work. We need to completely redo our education system.

Some kids have jobs that require them to miss school, or have issues in their family

It depends on the severity.

yes, but they should be more lenient with the days they missed, and work with the student to see what if everything is ok at home.

Decriminalize, yes. Legalize, no.

If the parent is keeping the child from school without homeschooling them then yes. But if the child is just skipping school then detention works. Also, have a team intervention approach to help the student and family deal with stresses and other factors inhibiting the attendance.

Yes, but incentivize enrollment by assisting families who enroll

Regardless, it should be up to the states.

Yes, but these houses need DHS/CPS Wellness Checks and encouragement to attend and intervention when necessary

This should be determined on a case by case basis.

It is none of the government's business

Yes, It is none of the government's business

No, but we should make proper education for lower income or underprivileged people more accessible.

Yes, and instead contact the DHS if they have not attended school for more than 40% of the year, and after attempts to contact/agree have fallen through.

This issue should be handled by the state governments.

Yes, parents should have civil but not criminal responsibility for willful school absences of their child beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts

Yes, but hold parents civilly responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week, with fines and other penalties to be determined by local school districts.

Yes, but parents should be held responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week, with civil fines and other penalties to be determined by local school districts.

Yes, but parents should be held responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week, with civil fines and other penalties to be determined by local school districts

Yes, parents should only have civil responsibility for voluntary school absences of their child that last beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts

No, but focus on addressing the underlying issue for said truancy.

beginning at a certain age, children should be held accountable, not parents. it should also be taken situation by situation instead of generalized punishment.

Depending on the reason why the student is not attending school, if justified it should be regulated, the student should be receiving support if the reason is justifiable. If the reason is unjustified, then they should be given a weeks notice before they have to go back to school.

Yes, but parents should be held civilly responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts

Yes, but parents should be held civilly responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts.

Yes, hold parents civilly -not criminally -responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts

Yes, hold parents civilly, not criminally, responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts

Yes, hold parents civilly but not criminally responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week. Fines and other penalties should be determined by local school districts

yeah, unless the kid like never shows up and is failing classes

It depends if you are sick or just skipping school

Yes, but hold parents responsible for willful absences of their son or daughter from school beyond one week, with civil fines and other penalties to be determined by local school districts.