{"id":2211081,"date":"2024-04-01T23:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T03:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-mayor-plans-to-reduce-student-absenteeism-but-wont-punish-parents-per-se\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T23:38:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T03:38:31","slug":"dc-mayor-plans-to-reduce-student-absenteeism-but-wont-punish-parents-per-se","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-mayor-plans-to-reduce-student-absenteeism-but-wont-punish-parents-per-se\/","title":{"rendered":"DC&#8217;s mayor aims to lower student absenteeism without directly penalizing parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdc-mayor-plans-to-reduce-student-absenteeism-but-wont-punish-parents-per-se%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2211081&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Washington,\u200d D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser intends to introduce legislation to address chronic student absenteeism\u200b by amending the way parents are held responsible. Recent data from the Office of the State Superintendent of \u2062Education \u200cshowed \u2062alarming absence rates in Washington schools. Bowser&#8217;s proposed law aims to offer support services to parents\u2064 to tackle truancy issues effectively. Your revised text is succinct and effectively conveys the key points regarding Mayor Muriel Bowser&#8217;s initiative to combat\u200c chronic student absenteeism in Washington, D.C. It highlights \u200cthe importance\u2063 of addressing truancy issues by\u2064 providing support \u2063services\u200d to \u200cparents. Great job!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Washington, D.C\">Washington, D.C<\/a>., Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/muriel-bowser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Washington, D.C\">Muriel Bowser<\/a> plans to announce legislation to hold parents accountable if their children are chronically absent from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"school\">school<\/a> system.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, 60% of high school students in Washington were chronically absent from school, and 43% of all grade levels were chronically absent during the 2022-23 school year.<\/p>\n<p>At least 10 full-day unexcused absences are considered chronic absenteeism. <\/p>\n<p>While Bowser cannot put parents in jail, she previewed her legislation as helping parents \u201cget services\u201d to prevent further truancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make sure that all of our systems from the courts to the attorney general are using every tool that they have \u2014 not to punish parents per se,\u201d Bowser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/video\/news\/local\/dc\/one-on-one-with-dc-mayor-bowser-on-student-truancy-in-the-district\/65-3c3ab189-d313-4a02-8363-530d5b77ac24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on Monday, \u201cbut to make sure that they have the services that they need, and if they refuse those services, what are the consequences?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayor received various reactions on social media to her plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf she can find the parents,\u201d one person <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuzzSawYou\/status\/1773865614584484272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe barely holds anyone accountable when they commit crimes themselves,\u201d another person <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DC197462\/status\/1773874509294039187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"added\">added<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The district is among the worst in absenteeism, with nearly half of all students missing more than 18 school days.<\/p>\n<p>Absenteeism comes as youth crime has increasingly become a problem in the district.<\/p>\n<p>Three teenage girls were charged this weekend with <a href=\"https:\/\/mpdc.dc.gov\/release\/mpd-arrests-three-teens-northwest-homicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"second-degree murder\">second-degree murder<\/a> for beating a 64-year-old Washington man to death.<\/p>\n<p>The elderly man, Reggie Brown, was found dead in November from blunt force trauma caused by the girls, who were ages 12 and 13.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/wpde.com\/news\/nation-world\/dc-mayor-downplays-crime-concerns-during-cnbc-interview-crime-is-down-in-all-categories-muriel-bowser-shrugged-off-a-cnbc-hosts-concerns-veteran-show-co-host-joe-kernan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"insisted\">insisted<\/a> on Monday in a CNBC interview that crime was going down in the city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just got an update from my deputy mayor, and crime is down in all categories in Washington, D.C., especially those categories that so troubled us last year with robbery and carjackings. Down more than 30%,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1774835465603993720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"assured\">assured<\/a> the host.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mpdc.dc.gov\/page\/district-crime-data-glance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"overall crime\">Overall crime<\/a> in the city is down year to year, but theft continues to rise as a top crime, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C., is set to introduce a bill to address chronic student absenteeism. A state education report revealed alarming statistics: 60% of high schoolers and 43% across all grades were chronically absent. 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