LC Attorney JohnnyOsborne warns about new laws on school attendance in public notice through the LC school system.
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You can’t read any articles because of the stupid ass ads. Who the fuck runs this page lmao 🤣
What is this country coming to ? If I want my kid to miss 85 days of school that is my American right. So sick of these communists.
It’s your MAGA Party at work.
I don’t see how government can force ppl to send their kids to school. What happened to rights in the “free country” if I wanna send my child 1 days a week to public school and then teach them at home the other 4 weekdays then whats the big deal? As long as the children are getting an education why does it matter? Its bc way too many ppl benefit financially for every child enrolled and attending public school. If it weren’t for the money then the government wouldn’t even care tbh. Why do the schools try to force you to give them information about ur family and income even though all kids eat free at school now? Is it bc children in households under a certain income make them more money?
MAGA
You can’t always control some children in their upper teens. This isn’t fair to parents.
Seriously? The parent has to step up and be the parent! Not the kid!
Just because our County Attorney is handsome does not mean he can do what he wants. Someone needs to step in.
It’s Frankfort all he is doing is enforcing the law that the MAGA Party voted in.
I’m not trying to get political, I just don’t think it’s right just because he’s handsome he can do what he wants. That’s all.
Current Law-There has always been a truancy law! There used to be a Truant Officer with an office in the Louisa,KY courthouse in the 1950’s thru 1970’s at least if not into the 1980’s.
February 5, 2020
COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Information from the County Attorney’s Office
By Steven J. Franzen, Campbell County Attorney
With the new school year well under way, I thought it may be helpful to discuss the issue of compulsory school attendance.
Under Kentucky Law, every child between the age of six (6) and sixteen (16) is required to be enrolled and attend a public or private school unless their physical or mental condition prevents or renders inadvisable attendance at school or application to study. An exemption is also granted to someone under sixteen (16) who has already graduated from high school. However, a local board of education may adopt a district wide policy to change the age from sixteen (16) years old to eighteen (18) years old.
Typically, a child between the ages of sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) is permitted to drop out of school only with written permission from a parent or guardian and after a conference and counseling with school officials. Any person over the age of eighteen (18) who has not completed high school can drop out without written permission of a parent or guardian.
Under Kentucky Law, a parent, guardian or custodian of a child is legally responsible for any violation by the child of the Compulsory School Attendance Laws. Under Kentucky Law, a parent, guardian or other custodian is required to see that their children comply with Kentucky’s Compulsory Attendance Laws and any parent, guardian or custodian who intentionally fails to comply with such laws can be fined up to $100.00 for a first offense, up to $250.00 for a second offense, and up to ninety (90) days in jail, and up to a $250.00 fine for a third offense. We often have cases in the Campbell District Court where the children are charged with being habitual truants and the parents are charged with failing to make their children go to school. Fortunately, our local District and Family Court Judges take these cases very seriously. It is rare that a parent can come up with a good enough excuse to avoid fines or jail time for not making sure that their children attend school.
Under Kentucky Law, any child who has been absent from school without a valid excuse for three (3) or more days or tardy without a valid excuse for three (3) or more days is considered a truant. Any child who has been reported as a truant two (2) or more times is considered a habitual truant.
In the situation where a compulsory school attendance age has not been changed to eighteen (18) years old, a student age sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) who drops out of school or is declared to be academically deficient due to poor grades, then the school must notify the Kentucky Department of Transportation. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet then will notify the student that his license to drive a car has been revoked. If a student re-enrolls in school, the student may apply to have his driver’s license reinstated at the end of the semester during which student re-enrolls. The purpose of the license suspension provisions is to discourage kids from dropping out of school. Many students do not drop out of school because of the fear of losing their license or decide to re-enroll in school and/or attend school regularly in order to get their license back after a suspension.
I hope this information is interesting and helpful. If you have any topics you would like to have covered in this column, please contact my office by e-mail at campbellcoatty@gmail.com, by phone at 491-7700 or by regular mail addressed to 319 York Street, Newport, Kentucky 41071.