The issue was brought to the attention of lawmakers because an everyday citizen decided to start a change.org petition.
Keisha Taylor heard about the DeFreeze case, but was most struck by what her mom told police — she put her daughter on the bus around 6:30 in the morning and she didn’t know her Alianna never made it until around 4:15 in the afternoon.
State Senator Sandra Williams tells WKYC Channel 3’s Hilary Golston she’s working on legislation to make sure parents are notified within the hour of a child’s absence from school.
“If we would have known or they would have known early on that she was missing, maybe they could have had a better, faster response in finder her. Tracks get cold after a while,” Williams said.
Under the proposed plan, each district notifies parents or guardians within an hour of the start of school. Williams says from that point, the district can figure out how they want to implement the rule.
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source: Wkyc.com
