Do public schools really have the legal standing to fine parents like this? (law.stackexchange.com)
After initially considering a plan to fine the parents of truant children, the high - poverty school district of New Britain, Connecticut, instead partnered with Attendance Works, a nonprofit founded in 2010 to help policymakers reduce school absence, to develop a data system that provides principals with a list of chronically absent students every ten days. (themarshallproject.org)
In exchange for the helmet, we require the parents to sign a letter of responsibility through Public Security, allowing police to begin warning and later fining parents who do not ensure that their children are wearing helmets. (volunquest.com)