Tennessee Considers Bill to Hold Parents Liable if Kids Miss 20% of School Year

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REPORTER (voice-over): "Students who have missed more than 20 percent of the school year could be facing consequences if this bill were to pass."
UNKNOWN MALE 2: "The consequences are there to keep kids in school."
REPORTER: "There was a loophole that was allowing students to get around truancy consequences if they change school. But if this bill were to pass --"
UNKNOWN MALE 2: "Your attendance and consequences would start right there again. If you go to another LEA throughout the state of Tennessee, then this means that it would transfer immediately and there would be consequences."