I lived in the Bay Area for 1 year (where this truancy program started under Kamala). My son was in Kindergarten and the top of his class. I was going to take him out of school for a week to go back to San Diego to wrap up life there. I asked the school for my son's work so we could keep up with his classwork while we were gone. The school told me that if my son missed more than 3 days (I can't remember if it was a semester or a year), they'd call CPS on me and prosecute me for excessive truancy. I had to shorten my trip.

Edit to add: In CA, schools get $35 per day per child -- but only on the days they show up. If too many days of school are missed by the student body on the whole, the school loses its entire funding. Kamala's policies were never about what was best for kids/families, it was about ensuring the schools get their money.

I lived in the Bay Area for 1 year (where this truancy program started under Kamala). My son was in Kindergarten and the top of his class. I was going to take him out of school for a week to go back to San Diego to wrap up life there. I asked the school for my son's work so we could keep up with his classwork while we were gone. The school told me that if my son missed more than 3 days (I can't remember if it was a semester or a year), they'd call CPS on me and prosecute me for excessive truancy. I had to shorten my trip.