First, the money doesn’t go to the state but to the local courts like all other fines since the cases are most often heard at the JP level. Second, I was the attendance officer in a 5A high school and an AP so I’m familiar with how it works. Most of the chronic truancy is at the elementary level because momma’s to lazy to get the kid to the bus so she gets them to school by 10 AM thinking that counts. It doesn’t. Once we started joining forces with the local DA and JP the daytime crime rate dropped like a rock; the graduation rate started rising; test scores improved.
i wasn’t referring to “the state level” but to the government.
As I said, it’s all about the money.