i know like every few years or so theres a politician threatening to jail parents in philly over their kids missing school. local news goes crazy. the parents (understandably) are in an uproar. but a lot of other people in the community are on some 'well you need to take they asses to school then!' shit.

along with the issues specifically surrounding the long term potential of the children...truancy laws are couched in crime prevention language. i think something like 80% of our incarcerated population are high school dropouts. so its presented as a way to make the community safer and also decrease a childs chances of falling into the system.

as far as i know...its mostly just been threats. i dont know of anyone that led a widespread incarceration operation against negligent parents.