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Mom Jailed 180 Days Over Children's Chronic Truancy

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MAILONLINE.COM - A California mother has been jailed for 180 days after her two children missed more than 10 per cent of last year's school year, setting an example as one of the firsts by a new state law.

Lorraine Cuevas, 34, was arrested after school officials said her second and third grader at Monroe Elementary School in Hanford together missed 116 days of school. click here to read more

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