Bill > HB132

This bill enhances and expands enforcement provisions to reduce excessive student absenteeism in New Mexico public schools. It makes it a crime for a parent to allow their excessively absent student to continue missing school, imposing penalties such as fines and potential imprisonment. The bill also allows the children's court to suspend a student's driving privileges for a specified time period upon a finding of excessive absenteeism. The bill aims to address chronic absenteeism by involving the judicial system and holding parents accountable for their child's continued absences from school.

https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legtype=B&legno=132&year=24