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Her’s a thought:
Maybe, just MAYBE, it isn’t the job of part-time legislators to figure out why absenteeism is high. Maybe it’s the job of professional educators and administrators.
Our part time legislators don’t let their unsuitability for the task stop them from all kinds of attempts to solve problems that don’t exist or aren’t really a problem.
Their interest in solving issues generally ends as soon as the concept of spending money enters the equation.
Kids are absent for many reasons. Maybe ask the parents who struggle to get their kids to school.
Defund the schools for absenteeism and let the local school board pressure the administration to fix the problem!
Let’s keep government closer to the people and less centralized!
Strong contender for worst take of the year.
This is akin to saying Walmart should be shut down because people don’t show up for work.
It is very obvious that making affordable reliable before and after school child care services available so parents can get to work on time and stay the whole work day would solve most of the absentee problem.
Demanding school attendance with punishments that can cause parents to choose between getting their children to school or losing their jobs is just stupid.
It needs to start with the parents caring that their children get an education. Legislators can’t fix this.