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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess it’s fine only if the school says it’s fine.  Which seems….oh…odd for a school to do — say “yeah ok no worries just keep your kid home and don’t send them in.  That will be fine for our test scores and everything we’ll have to do to catch up your kid when they maybe come back.”

Or maybe schools ALSO don’t care?  Why would schools allow that?[/quote]

Don’t make it seem like this is the school’s fault.  This is a law by the governing body of DC.  What is the school attendance counselor supposed to do? How can they verify a kid is being kept home but also not being neglected/abused/underfed etc?  But guess who will have to deal with the fallout from kids not being in school for two whole years or kids being abused at home with no adults checking in on them? The school personnel.  This bill is incredibly dangerous and irresponsible.

And if a kid is abused the counsel will say ‘well it was up to the school to excuse the absence’ as if they didn’t create this system to begin with.  [/quote]

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