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Christian cochiaosue: I believe that parents should be fined, students won't get affect by their truancy as much as there parent. This law is fair because it is a punishment for not going to school. Truancy was made to make kids go to school, I agree that students should be fined for not going to school. These student don't realize it, but they are harming their education. This will cause many problems for them later on in life. Truancy will only harm you, that's why I agree that you can be punished because of truancy.

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Divjot Takhar-I believe that the students should be penilized not parents because The consequences of too many absences are serious not only for students, but also for parents! Schools handle minor truancy with warning letters, parent-teacher conferences, and other means. However, in some states, parents can be fined when their kids miss too much school

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Jonathan Lau- I believe that students should be penalized because they are the ones choosing to make the choice of skipping school and i believe that the parents shouldn't be punished for their actions. Sending kids to Juvenile hall  would not help there education, yes it will scare them into making better choices but if you put them into juvenile hall its no different from them skipping school. I believe that Truancy is a crime but not a serious one . I believe that kids shouldn't go to jail but should be penalized in some type of way. Truancy does Harm peoples education because if you skip school you are missing out on important information that can help you in life some day.

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India Salim - I think it should be on both parents and students because its the students job to be in class everyday and its the parents job to make sure the students are in class. Even though truancy can send you to jail, I honestly don't think it should because things could be going on at home and people are judging them based on attendance, so I don't think that it is fair. No, I don't think truancy is a crime because it's just attendance and something serious could be going on at home or something important and they're basing it off of attendance, which is not fair. Truancy does harm your school education because you don't know what's going on at school if you are absent.

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Kiet Lau: I feel both the kids and parents should be penalized. The parents should be doing a better job at punishing and teaching there kids on why its important to go to school and the kids should not be such knuckle heads and go to school and do well if they wanna be able to make it somewhere in life.

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bryan redfearm: i believe parents need to be penalized because they have the responsibility to their children.

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Kris James- I think that law is unfair because what if there is an emergency and you have to be absent for those days. I don't think that the parents should have to get into trouble because parents have to make money and pay bills and that is just adding another bill.

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Chantelle Waters-Jackson; I think the students should be penalized because it is the students fault occasionally for being absent. A fine can affect or hurt a family financially which could affect the students choices when it comes to education and if it is worth it. I believe a fine is to much for a punishment and something else should be put in place for we never know if a absence is because of their Livelihood or because of a choice to just skip school

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Mariam Assadullah: I feel like both parents and students should both be panelized.no the law is not fair because sometimes you have good reasons to be absent. truancy does harm education because when your absent, you would most likely miss information about that day.

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Noah Bennett- I believe at first the parents need to be penalized because they are responsible for their child. But after the first few times I think that it shouldn't be on the parents or the school anymore. Teachers say that they are trying to prepare us for college and in college the professor isn't going to care if you don't show up to class. So why should teachers care. Obviously if the student isn't going to class then that means they don't want to be there so why force them. I'm not saying its okay for kids to skip or not show up at all, but people have to stop trying to force kids into school. If they don't want to go, it's on them not on the school.

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Marcos Lane: I feel that students should be penalized partly since they would be the ones causing the most trouble and the parent could have taught them better but it was their action that caused them to be there in the first place. I feel like it is a fair law  

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Kimberly Tapia- In my opinion I believe that students should be penalized because the parents have nothing to do with kids not joining class or faking being in class that would jut waste the parent time of work money so the kids should be able to face their punishment and learn their own leson.

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Jesus Espinoza: I think the students should be penalized instead of their parents. Because it just seems more reasonable for students to face there problems rather then taking money away from their parents . It's not fair the students chose to ditch and their parents get penalized for something they can't really control.

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Marcos Lane: I feel that students should be penalized partly since they would be the ones causing the most trouble and the parent could have taught them better but it was their action that caused them to be there in the first place. I feel like it is a fair law  

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Catalina Suez: I think that students should be penalized because it is the student's responsibility to go to school. I don't think that students should go to jail because it could mess up their chance at getting a job etc. They should find another way to penalize them. Truancy does harm your education because if you are not at school, you aren't able to learn anything.

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Alicia Ochoa: Truancy harms your education because when you miss school you could miss something important in class or a test. Sometimes the teachers won't work with you and your grade can drop. If you send students to Juvenile hall then the students can't learn everything they would be able to learn in school. And if you penalize the parents the student will see what happens to them when they don't show up to school.

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Dhayanara Cuellar: I think that sending kids to jail is a bit much and it can disrupt their learning more than the truancy. I believe that maybe you can give a warning first and then punish the student in school or after school but its not the parents fault that their kid is late to classes so they shouldn't have to pay a fine. Many people barely survive on what they make and it unfair to them to have to choose between feeding their family or paying bills based on some truancies .

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Jiovanni aispuro - I think its better to penalize the students because it is their choice to ditch school and not doing any of the work.  Truency is a crime but not a big one at all.   The law is fair.  Truancy does harm your education because you are not learning anything if you're not at school

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Isaac Aguilar: i personally think if the parent is punished for the students truancy the student can soon realize that it isnt right. I think that at a young age a student shouldnt be sevearly punished for this, It can turn into something for them to learn from.

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Ava mendoza - I think this law is unfair because some people miss school because of good reason or something may have happened to family. But i believe that the students should get penalized not the parents. It also harms education because your not learning anything if u don’t go to school.

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Hunter Johnson - I believe that the students should be penalized not the parents because a lot of the students who are absent choose to be absent rather than go to school. I believe that the student should be penalized in some way. The parents have bills and stuff that they need to pay. Having the parent pay for the students mistake can ruin them financially. I believe that truancy is a crime but not a very severe one. I do not believe that the student should go to jail but they should be penalized in some other way. Truancy does harm education because when you do not show up to class you miss out on valuable information.

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Tyler Sawyer: I think parents should be penalized so the students can realize their truancy affects their livelihood. Sending kids to Juvenile hall will not help their education anymore then being Truant. Since Truancy has been decriminalized it will hopefully keep people out of jail and keep them from dropping out of High school.