Published: May 1, 1995

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Tough On Truancy

A justice of the peace in Helena, Mont., has fined a mother and father $20 each for their daughter's chronic truancy and promised to jail the couple one day for each of her future unexcused absences. Wallace Jewell handed down the rulings in March against Leon and Kathy Long, whose daughter attends Helena Middle School. Before the sentencing, the girl had missed 63 days; more than one-third of the absences were unexcused. Since then, according to court records, the girl...