Sen. Jake Anderegg (R)

SB 115 (Compulsory Education Revisions)

Libertas Institute supports this bill.

When a child is habitually truant from school, the parent can currently be charged with a class B misdemeanor. This bill changes it to an infraction for first-time situations.

Libertas Institute supports this bill. Parents are the stewards of their children and compulsory education laws violate their fundamental right to dictate how a child should be educated. Minimizing this parental punishment, and ultimately eliminating it, is an important goal.