Gavin Newsom Signs Bill that Reverses Kamala Harris’s Anti-Truancy Law

Gavin Newsom signs bill that reverses Kamala Harris’s anti-truancy law

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Wednesday signed a bill that reversed the state’s anti-truancy law, one of the most contentious policies that former Vice President Kamala Harris championed more than a decade ago during her time as San Francisco district attorney. The controversial 2011 policy punished parents for their children’s chronic absence from school, slapping them with... The post Gavin Newsom signs bill that reverses Kamala Harris’s anti-tr…

Newsom ends Kamala Harris' school truancy criminalization law

Gov. Gavin Newsom has ended a controversial California anti-truancy law originally championed by former Vice President Kamala Harris, whose support for the measure sparked outrage after reports surfaced of police handcuffing mothers of truant schoolchildren. Critics at the time said the policy criminalized parents, an outcome Harris later regretted. Behind the bill: The repeal bill, AB 461, was authored by Asm. Patrick Ahrens (D-Sunnyvale) , who…