A class representing hundreds of students who are suing the Lebanon School District, alleging that it collected fines above the $300 allowed by the state’s truancy law, was certified in federal court.
Families facing thousands of dollars in fines for students’ unexcused absences from school notified the Lebanon, Pa., chapter of the NAACP, which alerted Michael Churchill, of the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, to the issue, he said. He is representing the class, which totals more than 350 people, he said.
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