South Bay : Students, Parents Face Fines Under Truancy Ordinance
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Missing out on the three Rs just got a little more expensive for students who cut classes in Torrance.
The city passed an ordinance last week allowing police officers to detain students found loitering between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on school days in parks, playgrounds, streets, restaurants or public places.
If a parent doesn’t retrieve them or the students aren’t returned to school within one hour, the students or their parents will have to pay a $57 fine.
The new law goes on the books May 2.
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