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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kelly Rissman

Mothers of truant children can be jailed, Missouri Supreme Court rules

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Supreme Court of Missouri ruled that the parents of children who didn’t regularly attend school can serve time in jail.

Tuesday’s opinion highlighted two single mothers, Caitlyn Williams and Tamarae LaRue, who the court said failed to enforce that their children “attend school on a regular basis in violation of Missouri’s compulsory attendance law.”

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