FORCING PARENTS TO CARE.

• Position: Parent-teacher conference law - Brief Article

Georgia principals now have the threat of a $500 fine to bring parents in to talk with them about their troublemaker kids. Under statewide education reforms, school districts have the authority to ask juvenile court judges to force parents of chronically disruptive students to attend conferences. "Schools have been frustrated with parents not doing their part, not showing up for meetings and with...