JP's and Truancy

Justices of the Peace don't lower truancy.

At one time, parents would be held legally liable and have to go to court if their kids didn't go to school.

But there's no evidence that it every actually cut down on truancy.

But more to the point, every time you see a Justice of the Peace candidate talking about how they cut truancy or they are going to keep kids in school, they are lying or ignorant to the law.

Or both.

In fact, here's a door hanger of Jesus Urenda who actually had the audacity to put it on a piece of literature.

Its a straight-up lie. John Chatman uses the same line.

Are truancies down since they have been in office? Sure. But what they don't tell you is that they are down because they are almost never referred to the JP court anymore.

They law changed. Its not criminal anymore.

That is why truancies are down, not because of the JP's. The JP's had nothing to do with it and whenever you hear one taking credit for it, know that they are lying to you are incredibly misinformed about their own courts.

And that should tell you a lot about them as a candidate.