space. i think that s what we are seeing now play out and come to fruition. if you don t send your kid to school public dislools are laws against that you can be used against to punish you, truancy laws. they make it so have you no choice to send your kids to these public institutions. if you can t afford these other options you are forced to send your kids and you become accustomed to it it becomes regulated towards you, now what we are seeing how much power the government has when they provide you with everything to take everything away. so now that they have taken, special the kids that are at the lower socioeconomic scale and said we are going to give you school. now we are going to take it away. you are going to see how much ability government has to
for us. reporter: good afternoon to you, alex. school officials in orlando county say it s time to get back to business as usual. starting tomorrow school officials say they will no longer be offering excused absences to students who stay home because of covid concerns. this includes quarantine. school officials say this will reduce the strain on teachers. now, as omicron was surging, students were allowed to do their assignments at home without being marked absent. the district says it extended this policy through january because of the surge. but now officials say cases are rapidly declining and they say it is time for healthy students to get back in the classroom or they could face truancy. it is covered under state law, the truancy laws are pretty clear that without having an
within the orange county school district, which covers the orlando area here. but school officials stays time get back to regular business as usual. now, as of tomorrow, as you said, the district says it will no longer offer excused absences to students who are kept home over concerns about covid and that also include quarantine. they say that this will reduce the strain on teachers, because as omicron cases were exploded, school officials did allow students to stay home and do their schoolwork at home. but now, they say, cases are dropping sharply and they say it s time for those students get back into school, students that continue to stay home for reasons such as fear or concern will be market as truant. well, it is covered under state law and the truancy laws are pretty clear, that without having an excuse to be absent
taking any substance, it s children. once they smoke pot, it s not going it help them out. third letter name withheld: k what are the stats nationwide on this? there are actually still truancy laws on the book. a every state is a little bit different. for example in new york state if you have 20 absences in a period of four months child protective service also apparently do go in and investigate. that s good. whether or not they actually do this. unexplained absences. those are unexplained absences. new mexico, for example, where this writer is from. it takes 10 days unexcused absences and somebody will go in and investigate it. that s the way it should be. teacher is right, a lot of derelict parents i m going to take the the last letter.
children. once they smoke pot, it s not going it help them out. third letter name withheld: k what are the stats nationwide on this? there are actually still truancy laws on the book. a every state is a little bit different. for example in new york state if you have 20 absences in a period of four months child protective service also apparently do go in and investigate. that s good. whether or not they actually do this. unexplained absences. those are unexplained absences. new mexico, for example, where this writer is from. it takes 10 days unexcused absences and somebody will go in and investigate it. that s the way it should be. teacher is right, a lot of derelict parents i m going to take the the last letter. i m really stunned at how