ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Valencia County District Attorney Lemuel Martinez says charging parents of children who are habitually truant is working.
KOAT-TV reports (https://bit.ly/1zGmmMj) that District Attorney Lemuel Martinez says truancy rates are dropping after he recently charged 180 parents with children enrolled in Los Lunas schools.
Martinez says the parents face a charge of knowingly allowing their child to miss 10 days of school without a legitimate excuse.
Martinez says he wants to make parents aware, not punish them.
The parents receive letters from the school district before they are charged.
Martinez says the first offense calls for a $100 fine and community service. A second offense can lead to a petty misdemeanor charge.
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Information from: KOAT-TV, https://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/index.html
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