wrote:

But if your child were in a state where the schools work
like they do here in California, your principal is stuck between a rock and
a hard place. If your child has more than 5 excused absenses in a
semester the state quits paying the per diem for your child for the days she
isn't there. If that adds up to quite a few day, they need to cut their
budget
to account for that missed income. The state requires they file for truency
to get the missed money.

Oh, now, that really stinks. Do they really think schools wouldn't file for
truancy (I mean real truancy) if they didn't have a financial motive to do so?
Ick.

--Helen