Two state senators Friday announced they’ve proposed changes to Pennsylvania law following the death of a Reading woman who’d been jailed for failing to pay truancy fines.
Sen. Judy Schwank, a Ruscombmanor Township Democrat, and Sen. Stewart Greenleaf, perlengkapan bayi a Montgomery County Republican, proposed legislation that would remove the requirement that a person serve up to five days in jail for not paying truancy fines.
Instead there would be a requirement that school districts set up individualized truancy elimination plans to deal with those cases before they are referred to courts or juvenile authorities. Read more at The Reading Eagle →