Moms and dads of gang members being sent to parenting class
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Moms and dads in Los Angeles County are being sent to mandatory parenting classes after their children are convicted of gang crime...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Moms and dads in Los Angeles County are being sent to mandatory parenting classes after their children are convicted of gang crime.
The classes will eventually put in place across California under a new state law that came into effect this year.
Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, the lawmaker behind the Parent Accountability Act, says it is the first state law to give judges the power to order parents of gang members to school, though other court-mandated classes exist at the local level.
The law went into effect in January but budget cuts in Sacramento meant implementation of the classes was delayed and only in the past month or so have they been rolled out on a limited basis in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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