Webster, Bossier Parishes cracking down on "parents who have lackadaisical attitudes when it comes to sending their children to school"

So reads the first line of this story from nwlanews.com.

The truancy section of the 26th JDC District Attorney's Office is citing to La. R.S. 14:92.2(A)(2)(b), which provides:

Improper supervision of a minor by a parent or legal custodian, who has care and control of the minor, includes: through criminal negligence, the permitting of the minor to habitually be a truant from school without valid excuse.

Posted by MBC at January 11, 2009 02:11 PM