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Vaughan Couillault: 'No advantage' in prosecuting parents for student truancy

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Fri, 30 May 2025, 5:32pm
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Vaughan Couillault: 'No advantage' in prosecuting parents for student truancy

Author
Newstalk ZB ,
Publish Date
Fri, 30 May 2025, 5:32pm

Parents will now be prosecuted if their kids aren’t attending school.

It’s the latest in a move to crackdown on truancy in the country.

The Ministry of Education will prosecute parents who repeatedly refuse to sed their children to school.

Papatoetoe High Principal Vaughan Couillault talks to Heather du Plessis-Allan about the decision.

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